Open AccessWhat’s Worth the Risk? A Neural Circuit for Trade-Offs
Author(s) -
Nils Kolling,
Matthew F. S. Rushworth
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.031
Subject(s) - biology , value (mathematics) , foraging , order (exchange) , neuroeconomics , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , psychology , economics , computer science , machine learning , ecology , finance
Cost-benefit analysis in decision making takes place in everyday life for animals and humans alike. In this issue, a neural circuit specific for modulating these behaviors is identified in rats and reveals elusive functional distinctions between long-mysterious anatomical features of the brain.
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