Mesolimbic Dopamine Signals the Value of Work
Dopamine cell firing can encode errors in reward prediction, providing a learning signal to guide future behavior. Yet dopamine is also a key modulator of motivation, invigorating current behavior. Existing theories propose that fast (“phasic”) dopamine fluctuations support learning, while much slow...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696912/ |