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Choosing the greater of two goods: neural currencies for valuation and decision making

Sugrue, Leo P., Corrado, Greg S., Newsome, William T.·2005·Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Abstract

To make adaptive decisions, animals must evaluate the costs and benefits of available options. The nascent field of neuroeconomics has set itself the ambitious goal of understanding the brain mechanisms that are responsible for these evaluative processes. A series of recent neurophysiological studies in monkeys has begun to address this challenge using novel methods to manipulate and measure an animal's internal valuation of competing alternatives. By emphasizing the behavioural mechanisms and neural signals that mediate decision making under conditions of uncertainty, these studies might lay the foundation for an emerging neurobiology of choice behaviour.

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  • Actor-critic models operate within the evaluation system.

    “Actor-critic models145-147 operate within the evaluation system”

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  • Dopamine inputs to the striatum push the animal toward obtaining maximum reward, a process that must take into account possible dangers.

    “dopamine inputs to the striatum push the animal toward obtaining maximum reward, a process that must take into account possible dangers.”

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  • Difference in value (DV) is a reliable predictor of participants' choices, with the slope of the logistic regression being a measure of choice accuracy, or noise in the choice process.

    “In line with previous studies we show DV is a reliable predictor of participants’ choices2,19 with the slope of the logistic regression being a measure of choice accuracy, or noise in the choice process20.”

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  • The signal of target selection is not stereotyped but increases as a function of the relative desirability of alternative options.

    “A consistent outcome revealed by these studies (which have been typically carried out in the lateral intraparietal area) is that the signal of target selection is not stereotyped but increases as a function of the relative desirability of the alternative options (Kable and Glimcher, 2009; Sugrue et al., 2005).”

    From Attention, learning, and the value of information (2012) · cites this paper as Sugrue et al., 2005

  • An integrated account of learning and decision formation holds that value representations are maintained in cortical and sensorimotor structures and are dynamically updated based on feedback from dopaminergic cells.

    “They suggest an integrated account of learning and decision formation, whereby value representations are maintained in cortical and sensorimotor structures and are dynamically updated based on feedback from dopaminergic cells (Kable and Glimcher, 2009; Sugrue et al., 2005).”

    From Attention, learning, and the value of information (2012) · cites this paper as Sugrue et al., 2005

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Authors
Sugrue, L. P., Corrado, G. S., & Newsome, W. T.
Affiliations
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Sugrue, Leo P.
  • Newsome, William T.
Venue
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Published
2005-04-15
Volume
6
Issue
5
Pages
363-375
ISSN
  • 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0048
OpenAlex
W15832198
Cited by
536
References
95
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • 日本教育心理学会総会発表論文集
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • National Eye Institute
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
valuation, decision-making, neuroeconomics, choice behavior, uncertainty, cost-benefit analysis, neural signals, monkeys
MeSH terms
Animals, Choice Behavior, Decision Making, Humans, Nerve Net, Social Values

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