Journal article
Value Encoding in Single Neurons in the Human Amygdala during Decision Making
The Journal of neuroscience, Vol.31(1), pp.331-338
01/05/2011
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4461-10.2011
PMCID: PMC3028386
PMID: 21209219
Abstract
A growing consensus suggests that the brain makes simple choices by assigning values to the stimuli under consideration and then comparing these values to make a decision. However, the network involved in computing the values has not yet been fully characterized. Here, we investigated whether the human amygdala plays a role in the computation of stimulus values at the time of decision making. We recorded single neuron activity from the amygdala of awake patients while they made simple purchase decisions over food items. We found 16 amygdala neurons, located primarily in the basolateral nucleus that responded linearly to the values assigned to individual items.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Value Encoding in Single Neurons in the Human Amygdala during Decision Making
- Creators
- Rick L Jenison - Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706Antonio Rangel - Computational & Neural Systems, andHiroyuki Oya - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242Hiroto Kawasaki - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242Matthew A Howard - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of neuroscience, Vol.31(1), pp.331-338
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- DOI
- 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4461-10.2011
- PMID
- 21209219
- PMCID
- PMC3028386
- ISSN
- 0270-6474
- eISSN
- 1529-2401
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/05/2011
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020657502771
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