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Neural Economics and the Biological Substrates of Valuation

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Montague, P.Read, Berns, Gregory S.·2002·Neuron

Abstract

A recent flurry of neuroimaging and decision-making experiments in humans, when combined with single-unit data from orbitofrontal cortex, suggests major additions to current models of reward processing. We review these data and models and use them to develop a specific computational relationship between the value of a predictor and the future rewards or punishments that it promises. The resulting computational model, the predictor-valuation model (PVM), is shown to anticipate a class of single-unit neural responses in orbitofrontal and striatal neurons. The model also suggests how neural responses in the orbitofrontal-striatal circuit may support the conversion of disparate types of future rewards into a kind of internal currency, that is, a common scale used to compare the valuation of future behavioral acts or stimuli.

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  • Risk taking is associated with an increase in accumbens activity that is exaggerated in adolescents, relative to both children and adults.

    “In contrast, risk taking is associated with an increase in accumbens activity (Kuhnen & Knutson 2005; Matthews et al. 2004; Montague & Berns 2002) that is exaggerated in adolescents, relative to both children and adults (Ernst et al. 2005; Galvan et al. 2006).”

    From <i>The Adolescent Brain</i> (2008) · cites this paper as Montague & Berns 2002

  • A number of studies have shown increases in activity in the nucleus accumbens immediately prior to making risky choices on monetary-risk paradigms.

    “A number of studies have shown increases in activity in the nucleus accumbens immediately prior to making risky choices on monetary-risk paradigms (Kuhnen & Knutson 2005; Matthews et al. 2004; Montague & Berns 2002)”

    From <i>The Adolescent Brain</i> (2008) · cites this paper as Montague & Berns 2002

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Authors
Montague, P. R., & Berns, G. S.
Affiliations
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
  • Emory University (US)
Corresponding author
Montague, P.Read
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2002-10
Volume
36
Issue
2
Pages
265-284
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2117403214
Cited by
994
References
8
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh061010-02)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH61010, R01MH52797, R01MH052797)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (K08 DA00367, K08DA000367, R01-DA11723, R01DA011723)
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
valuation, reward processing, orbitofrontal cortex, striatum, single-unit activity, computational model, prediction error, decision-making
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Choice Behavior, Forecasting, Humans, Models, Neurological, Neurons, Reward

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