Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
In a social context, we make decisions and select actions based on long-term reward expectation. We showed that activities of midbrain dopamine neurons in monkeys represented super-long-term reward information when monkeys were over-trained about a behavioral task in which they attain a goal following multiple reward acquisition. We also trained monkeys to do a social task in which they need to observe the other agent to obtain reward efficiently. Monkeys’ behavior indicated that they learn from others’ action and reward consumption to improve their own decisions. These results contribute to uncover the neural system involved in learning and decision-making in a social context.
All 2014
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