Free choice shapes normalized value signals in medial orbitofrontal cortex

Hiroshi Yamada; Kenway Louie; Agnieszka Tymula; Paul W. Glimcher

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02614-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Free choice shapes normalized value signals in medial orbitofrontal cortex

Hiroshi Yamada,
Kenway Louie,
Agnieszka Tymula,
Paul W. Glimcher

Affiliations

Hiroshi Yamada: Center for Neural Science, New York University
Kenway Louie: Center for Neural Science, New York University
Agnieszka Tymula: Center for Neural Science, New York University
Paul W. Glimcher: Center for Neural Science, New York University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02614-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Neurons in prefrontal areas including the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC) represent the relative reward value of choices. Here the authors report that mOFC neurons implement divisive normalization to encode the relative values of lottery options only when the decision involves free choice.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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