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SUBMITTER: Bromberg-Martin ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2723053 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bromberg-Martin Ethan S ES Hikosaka Okihide O
Neuron 20090701 1
The desire to know what the future holds is a powerful motivator in everyday life, but it is unknown how this desire is created by neurons in the brain. Here we show that when macaque monkeys are offered a water reward of variable magnitude, they seek advance information about its size. Furthermore, the same midbrain dopamine neurons that signal the expected amount of water also signal the expectation of information, in a manner that is correlated with the strength of the animal's preference. Ou ...[more]