A selective effect of dopamine on information-seeking
Humans are motivated to seek information from their environment. How the brain motivates this behavior is unknown. One speculation is that the brain employs neuromodulatory systems implicated in primary reward-seeking, in particular dopamine, to instruct information-seeking. However, there has been...
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Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2020-12-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/59152 |