Complexity and competition in appetitive and aversive neural circuits

Decision-making often involves using sensory cues to predict possible rewarding or punishing reinforcement outcomes before selecting a course of action. Recent work has revealed complexity in how the brain learns to predict rewards and punishments. Analysis of neural signaling during and after lea...

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Main Authors: Crista L. Barberini, Sara E. Morrison, Alex eSaez, Brian eLau, C. Daniel Salzman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2012.00170/full