Dopamine modulates subcortical responses to surprising sounds.

Dopamine guides behavior and learning through pleasure, according to classic understanding. Dopaminergic neurons are traditionally thought to signal positive or negative prediction errors (PEs) when reward expectations are, respectively, exceeded or not matched. These signed PEs are quite different...

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Main Authors: Catalina Valdés-Baizabal, Guillermo V Carbajal, David Pérez-González, Manuel S Malmierca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000744