The neural correlates of subjective value during intertemporal choice.

@article{citeulike:1916473, abstract = {Neuroimaging studies of decision-making have generally related neural activity to objective measures (such as reward magnitude, probability or delay), despite choice preferences being subjective. However, economic theories posit that decision-makers behave as though different options have different subjective values. Here we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to show that neural activity in several brain regions-particularly the ventral striatum, medial prefrontal cortex and posterior cingulate cortex-tracks the revealed subjective value of delayed monetary rewards. This similarity provides unambiguous evidence that the subjective value of potential rewards is explicitly represented in the human brain.}, address = {Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, New York 10003, USA.}, author = {Kable, Joseph W W. and Glimcher, Paul W W. }, citeulike-article-id = {1916473}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn2007}, issn = {1097-6256}, journal = {Nat Neurosci}, keywords = {decision, discounting, fmri, value}, month = {November}, posted-at = {2007-11-22 13:43:39}, priority = {2}, title = {The neural correlates of subjective value during intertemporal choice.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn2007}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1916473 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1916473 TI - The neural correlates of subjective value during intertemporal choice. JF - Nat Neurosci AD - Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, New York 10003, USA. SN - 1097-6256 N2 - Neuroimaging studies of decision-making have generally related neural activity to objective measures (such as reward magnitude, probability or delay), despite choice preferences being subjective. However, economic theories posit that decision-makers behave as though different options have different subjective values. Here we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to show that neural activity in several brain regions-particularly the ventral striatum, medial prefrontal cortex and posterior cingulate cortex-tracks the revealed subjective value of delayed monetary rewards. This similarity provides unambiguous evidence that the subjective value of potential rewards is explicitly represented in the human brain. KW - decision KW - discounting KW - fmri KW - value AU - Kable, Joseph W AU - Glimcher, Paul W PY - 2007/11/04/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn2007 ER -