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SUBMITTER: Tsutsui KI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027248 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsutsui Ken-Ichiro KI Grabenhorst Fabian F Kobayashi Shunsuke S Schultz Wolfram W
Nature communications 20160913
Neuronal reward valuations provide the physiological basis for economic behaviour. Yet, how such valuations are converted to economic decisions remains unclear. Here we show that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) implements a flexible value code based on object-specific valuations by single neurons. As monkeys perform a reward-based foraging task, individual DLPFC neurons signal the value of specific choice objects derived from recent experience. These neuronal object values satisfy pri ...[more]