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The Japanese journal of neuropsychology

[Vol.25 No.1 contents]
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ArticleTitle Brain mechanism of prediction of immediate and delayed reward
Language J
AuthorList Saori C. Tanaka
Affiliation Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories
Publication Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 25 (1), 43-50, 2009
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Abstract Our fMRI experiments using decision-making task that needed reward prediction with different time scales and tryptophan manipulation suggest the brain mechanism of decision-making in which serotonin controls time scale of reward prediction by regulating the activities of cortico-striatal networks.
Keywords delay discounting, reinforcement learning, basal ganglia, serotonin, fMRI

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