A Neural Mechanism for the Opportunity Cost of Time
Sara Madureira Constantino, Jessica Dalrymple, Rebecca Gilbert, Sara Varanese, Alessandro Di Rocco, Nathaniel D. Daw
This study investigates the role of dopamine in serial decision-making by examining Parkinson's disease patients on and off medication in a patch-foraging task, finding that dopamine affects the opportunity cost of time.
bioRxiv · Aug 8, 2017 · PreprintNeuroscience