Dopamine, motivation, and the evolutionary significance of gambling-like behaviour

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-4

  Anselme, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Dopamine; Gambling; Motivation; Reward; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAMBLING; GAMBLING LIKE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84882753741     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.07.039     Document Type: Article

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