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buybuydandavis comments on Review of Sharot & Dolan, 'Neuroscience of Preference and Choice' (2011) - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: lukeprog 02 November 2011 06:52AM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 02 November 2011 08:19:41AM 2 points [-]

Do they have this down to particular physical neural pathways, so that the receptor types in the path area clear?

You mention dopamine neurons in goal directed valuation. Do all 3 competing valuation systems use dopamine? Does the aggregating circuit use this as well? It would be very interesting if you could change the balance between the 3 neurochemically.