Dopamine Reward Prediction Error Responses Reflect Marginal Utility

•Monkeys’ risk attitudes depend on reward magnitude•Numerical utility functions are derived from choices under risk•Dopamine responses depend on the slope of the utility function•Dopamine reward responses can train risk preferences

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stauffer, William R., Lak, Armin, Schultz, Wolfram
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228052/