Single caudate neurons encode temporally discounted value for formulating motivation for action

Single caudate neurons encode temporally discounted value for formulating motivation for action

The term ‘temporal discounting’ describes both choice preferences and motivation for delayed rewards. Here we show that neuronal activity in the dorsal part of the primate caudate head (dCDh) signals the temporally discounted value needed to compute the motivation for delayed rewards. Macaque monkey...

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Main Authors: Yukiko Hori, Koki Mimura, Yuji Nagai, Atsushi Fujimoto, Kei Oyama, Erika Kikuchi, Ken-ichi Inoue, Masahiko Takada, Tetsuya Suhara, Barry J Richmond, Takafumi Minamimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-07-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
temporal discounting
delay
reward
motivation
DREADDs
monkey
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/61248

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