A dynamic code for economic object valuation in prefrontal cortex neurons

Autor: Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui, Fabian Grabenhorst, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Wolfram Schultz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12554
Popis: Economic decisions are based on perceived reward value but it is unclear how individual neurons encode value estimates as input for decision mechanisms. Here authors show that dorsolateral prefrontal cortex uses a dynamic value code based on object-specific valuations by single neurons.
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