Decision Neuroscience addresses fundamental questions about how the
brain makes perceptual, value-based, and more complex decisions in
non-social and social contexts. This book presents compelling
neuroimaging, electrophysiological, lesional, and
neurocomputational models in combination with hormonal and genetic
approaches, which have led to a clearer understanding of the neural
mechanisms behind how the brain makes decisions. The five parts of
the book address distinct but inter-related topics and are designed
to serve both as classroom introductions to major subareas in
decision neuroscience and as advanced syntheses of all that has
been accomplished in the last decade. Part I is devoted to
anatomical, neurophysiological, pharmacological, and optogenetics
animal studies on reinforcement-guided decision making, such as the
representation of instructions, expectations, and outcomes; the
updating of action values; and the evaluation process guiding
choices between prospective rewards. Part II covers the topic of
the neural representations of motivation, perceptual decision
making, and value-based decision making in humans, combining
neurcomputational models and brain imaging studies. Part III
focuses on the rapidly developing field of social decision
neuroscience, integrating recent mechanistic understanding of
social decisions in both non-human primates and humans. Part IV
covers clinical aspects involving disorders of decision making that
link together basic research areas including systems, cognitive,
and clinical neuroscience; this part examines dysfunctions of
decision making in neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as
Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, behavioral addictions, and
focal brain lesions. Part V focuses on the roles of various
hormones (cortisol, oxytocin, ghrelin/leptine) and genes that
underlie inter-individual differences observed with stress, food
choices, and social decision-making processes. The volume is
essential reading for anyone interested in decision making
neuroscience. With contributions that are forward-looking
assessments of the current and future issues faced by researchers,
Decision Neuroscience is essential reading for anyone interested in
decision-making neuroscience.
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