A view-based decision mechanism for rewards in the primate amygdala

Primates make decisions visually by shifting their view from one object to the next, comparing values between objects, and choosing the best reward, even before acting. Here, we show that when monkeys make value-guided choices, amygdala neurons encode their decisions in an abstract, purely internal...

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Main Authors: Grabenhorst, F, Ponce-Alvarez, A, Battaglia-Mayer, A, Deco, G, Schultz, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2023