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Nature Neuroscience 12, 963 - 965 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nn0809-963
Should I stay or should I go: genetic bases for uncertainty-driven exploration
Jérôme Sallet1 & Matthew F S Rushworth1
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The authors are in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
e-mail: jerome.sallet@psy.ox.ac.uk or e-mail: matthew.rushworth@psy.ox.ac.uk
Abstract
In the face of uncertainty, how do we choose between maintaining our current strategy or trying new strategies? A study shows that a gene controlling prefrontal dopamine function is predictive of uncertainty-driven exploration.
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