What's Worth the Risk? A Neural Circuit for Trade-Offs.

Kolling, Nils; Rushworth, Matthew F S · Cell · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

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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