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Functions of primate amygdala neurons in economic decisions and social decision simulation

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Long implicated in aversive processing, the amygdala is now recognized as a key component of the brain systems that process rewards. Beyond reward valuation, recent findings from single-neuron recordings in monkeys indicate that primate amygdala neurons also play an important role in decision-making. The reward value signals encoded by amygdala neurons constitute suitable inputs to economic decision processes by being sensitive to reward contingency, relative reward quantity and temporal rewa...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113318

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Oxford college:
Jesus College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-6455-0648
Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Behavioural Brain Research More from this journal
Volume:
409
Article number:
113318
Place of publication:
Netherlands
Publication date:
2021-04-24
Acceptance date:
2021-04-21
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EISSN:
1872-7549
ISSN:
0166-4328
Pmid:
33901436
Language:
English
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Review
Pubs id:
1206009
Local pid:
pubs:1206009
Deposit date:
2023-09-23

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