Decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memories
Decision-making is traditionally thought to be guided by memories of option values. Here, the authors challenge this view by showing that merely making a choice – even without experiencing any outcomes – alters neural representations of stimulus-reward associations and biases future decisions.
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| author | Lennart Luettgau Claus Tempelmann Luca Franziska Kaiser Gerhard Jocham |
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| description | Decision-making is traditionally thought to be guided by memories of option values. Here, the authors challenge this view by showing that merely making a choice – even without experiencing any outcomes – alters neural representations of stimulus-reward associations and biases future decisions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28844f8f0f114d109bace24f723964182022-12-21T18:03:55ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-07-0111111410.1038/s41467-020-17192-7Decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memoriesLennart Luettgau0Claus Tempelmann1Luca Franziska Kaiser2Gerhard Jocham3Biological Psychology of Decision Making, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDepartment of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke UniversityBiological Psychology of Decision Making, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfBiological Psychology of Decision Making, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDecision-making is traditionally thought to be guided by memories of option values. Here, the authors challenge this view by showing that merely making a choice – even without experiencing any outcomes – alters neural representations of stimulus-reward associations and biases future decisions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17192-7 |
| spellingShingle | Lennart Luettgau Claus Tempelmann Luca Franziska Kaiser Gerhard Jocham Decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memories Nature Communications |
| title | Decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memories |
| title_full | Decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memories |
| title_fullStr | Decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memories |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memories |
| title_short | Decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memories |
| title_sort | decisions bias future choices by modifying hippocampal associative memories |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17192-7 |
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