Learning relative values in the striatum induces violations of normative decision making

Though people learn that certain choices may be more advantageous, they often do not choose this option. Here, the authors explain this behaviour: people learn how good a choice is relative to the choices it has been associated with previously, and this learning takes place in the striatum.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tilmann A. Klein, Markus Ullsperger, Gerhard Jocham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16033