Pupil dilation signals surprise: evidence for noradrenaline’s role in decision making.

Our decisions are guided by the rewards we expect. These expectations are often based on incomplete knowledge and are thus subject to uncertainty. While the neurophysiology of expected rewards is well understood, less is known about the physiology of uncertainty. We hypothesize that uncertainty, or...

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Main Authors: Kerstin ePreuschoff, Bernard Marius ’t Hart, Wolfgang eEinhauser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2011.00115/full