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Neural representations of subjective reward value
Abstract
Decision neuroscience suggests that there exists a core network for the subjective valuation of rewards from a range of different domains, encompassing the ventral striatum and regions of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), in particular the ventromedial aspect of the OFC. Here we first review ways to measure subjective value experimentally in a cognitive neuroscience context, and provide a brief overview over different types of value (outcome, goal and decision value). We then compare results of functional neuroimaging studies of subjective value representations across these different types of value. Our analysis suggests that the same region of the mOFC represents the outcome values of primary reinforcers, but also more complex decision values in which multiple dimensions of the reward need to be integrated. The subjective (hedonic) experience of processing highly valued decision options (regardless of whether they refer to actually experienced rewards or merely potential future rewards) appears to be what is reflected in value-related mOFC activity.
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“The OFC, a highly evolved brain region, is associated with increasing positive mood and altering the contextualization of arising sensory events.35,85,88,94”
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“Furthermore, reward-related signals in the striatum increase with increasing subjective value of the reward (i.e., the value of a reward given a particular individual's personal preferences and motivational states; for review see 32).”
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“Whereas the ventral striatum has been associated with coding for subjective value of reward (Peters and Büchel, 2010)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Peters, J., & Büchel, C.
- Affiliations
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Peters, J.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Behavioural Brain Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-12
- Volume
- 213
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 135-141
- ISSN
- 0166-4328 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1995207822
- Cited by
- 405
- References
- 81
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 37 · 2012: 24
- FWCI
- 2.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioural Brain Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Keywords
- ventral striatum, outcome value, goal value, decision value, hedonic experience, primary reinforcers, value integration, neuroscience of decision-making
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Basal Ganglia, Brain Mapping, Classification, Cognition, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neural Pathways, Reward
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