Should I stay or should I go: genetic bases for uncertainty-driven exploration.

Journal article

In the face of uncertainty, how do we choose between maintaining our current strategy or trying new strategies? A study shows that a gene controlling prefrontal dopamine function is predictive of uncertainty-driven exploration. © 2009 Nature America, Inc.

Authors: Sallet, J; Rushworth, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Nature neuroscience
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 963-965
• Publication date: 2009-08-01
• DOI: 10.1038/nn0809-963
• EISSN: 1546-1726
• ISSN: 1097-6256
• Language: English
• Keywords: Prefrontal Cortex; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Exploratory Behavior; Catechol O-Methyltransferase; Learning; Animals; Thalamus; Humans; Reward; Decision Making