Action versus valence in decision making

• Published in: Trends in cognitive sciences Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 194 - 202
• Main Authors: Guitart-Masip, Marc, Duzel, Emrah, Dolan, Ray, Dayan, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2014; Elsevier; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: action; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - physiology; Cognition. Intelligence; Decision Making - physiology; Decision making. Choice; dopamine; Dopamine - physiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; instrumental; Learning - physiology; Movement - physiology; Neuroimaging; Neurology; Opinion; Pavlovian; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; striatum; value; action; Pavlovian; striatum; value; dopamine; instrumental; Human; Affect affectivity; Action; Dopamine; Response selection; Decision making; Central nervous system; Cognition; Basal ganglion; Corpus striatum; Review; Catecholamine; Encephalon; Valence; Neurotransmitter; Comparative study

•Pavlovian responses couple action and valence.•This coupling interferes with instrumental learning and performance.•Action dominates valence in the striatum and dopaminergic midbrain.•Boosting dopamine enhances the dominance of action over valence in the striatum.•Boosting dopamine decreases the ex...