TWiN 3: Gambling on dopamine
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 3
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Episode description
Erin and the TWiN team explain how dopamine neurons encode reward probability and uncertainty, and their roles in attention-based learning and risk-taking such as gambling and addiction.
Hosts: Ori Lieberman, Erin Calipari,Jason Shepherd, and Vincent Racaniello
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Links for this episode- Dopamine neurons encode reward probability and uncertainty (Science)
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