Neural economics and the biological substrates of valuation.

@article{citeulike:239537, abstract = {A recent flurry of neuroimaging and decision-making experiments in humans, when combined with single-unit data from orbitofrontal cortex, suggests major additions to current models of reward processing. We review these data and models and use them to develop a specific computational relationship between the value of a predictor and the future rewards or punishments that it promises. The resulting computational model, the predictor-valuation model (PVM), is shown to anticipate a class of single-unit neural responses in orbitofrontal and striatal neurons. The model also suggests how neural responses in the orbitofrontal-striatal circuit may support the conversion of disparate types of future rewards into a kind of internal currency, that is, a common scale used to compare the valuation of future behavioral acts or stimuli.}, address = {Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Human NeuroImaging Lab, Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA. read@bcm.tmc.edu}, author = {Montague, P. R. and Berns, G. S. }, citeulike-article-id = {239537}, issn = {0896-6273}, journal = {Neuron}, keywords = {neuroeconomics, orbitofrontal, review, reward}, month = {October}, number = {2}, pages = {265--284}, posted-at = {2005-06-28 17:02:21}, priority = {2}, title = {Neural economics and the biological substrates of valuation.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12383781}, volume = {36}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:239537 L3 - citeulike-article-id:239537 TI - Neural economics and the biological substrates of valuation. JF - Neuron VL - 36 IS - 2 SP - 265 EP - 284 AD - Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Human NeuroImaging Lab, Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA. read@bcm.tmc.edu SN - 0896-6273 N2 - A recent flurry of neuroimaging and decision-making experiments in humans, when combined with single-unit data from orbitofrontal cortex, suggests major additions to current models of reward processing. We review these data and models and use them to develop a specific computational relationship between the value of a predictor and the future rewards or punishments that it promises. The resulting computational model, the predictor-valuation model (PVM), is shown to anticipate a class of single-unit neural responses in orbitofrontal and striatal neurons. The model also suggests how neural responses in the orbitofrontal-striatal circuit may support the conversion of disparate types of future rewards into a kind of internal currency, that is, a common scale used to compare the valuation of future behavioral acts or stimuli. KW - neuroeconomics KW - orbitofrontal KW - review KW - reward AU - Montague, PR AU - Berns, GS PY - 2002/10/10/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12383781 ER -