Dopamine, behavioral economics, and effort
Abstract. There are numerous problems with the hypothesis that brain dopamine (DA) systems, particularly in the nucleus accumbens, directly mediate the rewarding or primary motivational characteristics of natural stimuli such as food. Research and theory related to the functions of mesolimbic DA a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.08.013.2009/full |