Introducing the PLOS ONE Collection on the neuroscience of reward and decision making

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Individuals inevitably face situations where they have to choose between several options with uncertain future outcomes. This decision-making process can occur in various contexts such as getting the COVID vaccine, voting in a referendum, changing electricity provider, buying or renting a house, etc. It is, therefore, not surprising that decision-making has been the focus of a wide range of fields, including economics, philosophy, marketing, neurosciences and psychology (Johnson &am...

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Authors: Groman, SM; Ikemoto, S; Rushworth, M; Taylor, JR; Whelan, R

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Public Library of Science
• Journal: PLoS ONE
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 10
• Pages: e0240505-e0240505
• Publication date: 2020-10-08
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240505
• EISSN: 1932-6203
• ISSN: 1932-6203
• Language: English
• Keywords: Neuroscience; Neuroeconomics; Psychology; Cognitive science; Action selection; Computer science; Biology; Multidisciplinary approach; Organism; Set (abstract data type); Action (physics); Behavioral neuroscience; Neuroimaging; Outcome (game theory); Cognitive psychology