TWiN 3: Gambling on dopamine

December 18, 2019

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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2 comments on “TWiN 3: Gambling on dopamine

  1. Justin Dec 24, 2019

    For when you’re ready to do a TWIM crossover episode there’s this
    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01887-z