@article{disentanglingperceptionandreasoninginmul, title = {Disentangling Perception and Reasoning in Multimodal LLMs via Reward Design}, author = {Omar Sharif and Eftekhar Hossain and Nikhil Singh and Patrick Ng}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2601.00215}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00215}, }