Phasic firing of dopamine neurones is key to brain's prediction of rewards
Saturday, April 4, 2009 - 10:09
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers are one step closer to understanding the neurobiology that allows people to successfully learn motivated behaviours by associating environmental cues with rewarding outcomes, according to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' online Early Edition. Carlos Paladini, assistant professor of neuroscience at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and UTSA graduate student Collin Lobb collaborated with researchers at The University of Washington at Seattle to study the firing patterns of midbrain dopamine neurones in mice during reward-based learning...