The Neural Basis of Delayed Gratification
Zilong Gao, Hanqing Wang, Chen Lu, Tiezhan Lu, Seán Froudist‐Walsh, Ming Chen, Xiao‐Jing Wang, Ji Hu, Wenzhi Sun
This study trains mice to perform a delayed gratification task and shows that VTA dopamine neuron activity increases during waiting, with reinforcement learning modeling supporting the role of sustained dopaminergic signals in delaying gratification.
Science Advances · Dec 1, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience