Immediate perception of a reward is distinct from the reward’s long-term salience

Reward perception guides all aspects of animal behavior. However, the relationship between the perceived value of a reward, the latent value of a reward, and the behavioral response remains unclear. Here we report that, given a choice between two sweet and chemically similar sugars—L- and D-arabinos...

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Main Authors: John P McGinnis, Huoqing Jiang, Moutaz Ali Agha, Consuelo Perez Sanchez, Jeff Lange, Zulin Yu, Frederic Marion-Poll, Kausik Si
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/22283