Dissociable roles of cortical excitation-inhibition balance during patch-leaving versus value-guided decisions

Here, the authors show that the balance between excitation and inhibition in two cortical areas is differentially related to maximizing immediate rewards, and to weighting the cost against long-term gains of moving to a new environment.

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Main Authors: Luca F. Kaiser, Theo O. J. Gruendler, Oliver Speck, Lennart Luettgau, Gerhard Jocham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20875-w
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spelling doaj-a3ac2609e30645ddbe22e139fda6c1c32021-02-14T12:11:42ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232021-02-0112111110.1038/s41467-020-20875-wDissociable roles of cortical excitation-inhibition balance during patch-leaving versus value-guided decisionsLuca F. Kaiser0Theo O. J. Gruendler1Oliver Speck2Lennart Luettgau3Gerhard Jocham4Biological Psychology of Decision Making, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine UniversityCenter for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Otto von Guericke UniversityCenter for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Otto von Guericke UniversityBiological Psychology of Decision Making, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine UniversityBiological Psychology of Decision Making, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine UniversityHere, the authors show that the balance between excitation and inhibition in two cortical areas is differentially related to maximizing immediate rewards, and to weighting the cost against long-term gains of moving to a new environment.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20875-w
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Gerhard Jocham
spellingShingle Luca F. Kaiser
Theo O. J. Gruendler
Oliver Speck
Lennart Luettgau
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Dissociable roles of cortical excitation-inhibition balance during patch-leaving versus value-guided decisions
Nature Communications
author_facet Luca F. Kaiser
Theo O. J. Gruendler
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title Dissociable roles of cortical excitation-inhibition balance during patch-leaving versus value-guided decisions
title_short Dissociable roles of cortical excitation-inhibition balance during patch-leaving versus value-guided decisions
title_full Dissociable roles of cortical excitation-inhibition balance during patch-leaving versus value-guided decisions
title_fullStr Dissociable roles of cortical excitation-inhibition balance during patch-leaving versus value-guided decisions
title_full_unstemmed Dissociable roles of cortical excitation-inhibition balance during patch-leaving versus value-guided decisions
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description Here, the authors show that the balance between excitation and inhibition in two cortical areas is differentially related to maximizing immediate rewards, and to weighting the cost against long-term gains of moving to a new environment.
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