Self-control in decision-making involves modulation of the vmPFC valuation system (2009)
Hare, Todd A., Camerer, Colin F., Rangel, Antonio
Every day, individuals make dozens of choices between an alternative with higher overall value and a more tempting but ultimately inferior option. Optimal decision-making requires self-control. We...
The bivalent side of the nucleus accumbens (2009)
Levita, Liat, Hare, Todd A., Voss, Henning U., Glover, Gary, Ballon, Douglas J., Casey, B. J.
An increasing body of evidence suggests that the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) is engaged in both incentive reward processes and in adaptive responses to conditioned and unconditioned aversive stimuli....
Cognitive control has been described and referred to over the years by different terminology including “controlled processing”, “central executive” and “attentional bias”. We present...
Hare, Todd A., O'Doherty, John P., Camerer, Colin F., Schultz, Wolfram, Rangel, Antonio
To make sound economic decisions, the brain needs to compute several different value-related signals. These include goal values that measure the predicted reward that results from the outcome...