title: Human substantia nigra neurons encode unexpected financial rewards
creator: Zaghloul, K.A.
creator: Blanco, J.A.
creator: Weidemann, C.T.
creator: McGill, K.
creator: Jaggi, J.L.
creator: Baltuch, G.H.
creator: Kahana, M.J.
subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Psychophysiology
description: The brain's sensitivity to unexpected outcomes plays a fundamental role in an  organism's ability to adapt and learn new behaviors. Emerging research suggests that  midbrain dopaminergic neurons encode these unexpected outcomes. We used  microelectrode recordings during deep brain stimulation surgery to study neuronal activity in  the human substantia nigra (SN) while patients with Parkinson's disease engaged in a  probabilistic learning task motivated by virtual financial rewards. Based on a model of the ...
publisher: American Association for the Advancement of
date: 2009
type: Journal (Paginated)
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/7713/1/ZaghloulEtAl2009.pdf
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/7713/6/ZaghloulEtAl2009_sup.pdf
identifier:   Zaghloul, K.A. and Blanco, J.A. and Weidemann, C.T. and McGill, K. and Jaggi, J.L. and Baltuch, G.H. and Kahana, M.J.  (2009) Human substantia nigra neurons encode unexpected financial rewards.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/7713/