Prof.Sakagami's Research Group clarified the brain mechanism that rewards obtained through efforts have greater subjective value than rewards obtained without doing anything
Research Subject Group Leader, Prof.Sakagami’s Research Group clarified the brain mechanism that rewards obtained through efforts have greater subjective value than rewards obtained without doing anything.
Title: The cost of obtaining rewards enhances the reward prediction error signal of midbrain dopamine neurons
Authors: Shingo Tanaka, John P. O’Doherty & Masamichi Sakagami
Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 3674 (2019)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11334-2