Choosing the best or avoiding the worst: complementary and opponent value signals in the human brain
Clarissa Baratin, Alizée Lopez‐Persem, Philippe Kahane, Lorella Minotti, Jiří Hammer, Petr Marusič, Anca Nica, Sylvain Rheims, Louis Georges Maillard, Marie Denuelle, Emmanuel J. Barbeau, Blandine Chanteloup-Forêt, Mathias Pessiglione, Guillaume Becq, Julien Bastin
The paper investigates how the brain encodes value signals for pleasant and unpleasant scenarios, showing distinct neural systems in vmPFC and aIns that guide decision-making.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience