Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Neuro-computational account of how mood fluctuations arise and affect decision making

  • Fabien Vinckier,
  • Lionel Rigoux,
  • Delphine Oudiette,
  • Mathias Pessiglione

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03774-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Fluctuations in mood are known to affect our decisions. Here the authors propose and validate a model of how mood fluctuations arise through a slow integration of positive and negative feedback and report the resulting key changes in brain activity that modulate our decision making.