Deliberative Decision-Making in Macaques Removes Reward-Driven Response Vigor.

ABSTRACT: Most of our daily decisions are governed by one of two systems: an impulsive system driving instantaneous decisions and a deliberative system driving thoughtful ones. The impulsive system reacts to immediately available concrete rewards. In contrast, the deliberative system reacts to more delayed rewards and/or punishments, which imposes consideration of longer-term choice consequences. Contingency management for addiction treatment is hypothesized to engage deliberative processes. Ultimately, in both decision-making situations, an action is needed to enact the decision. Whether those actions differ in implementation is an open question whose answer could inform as to whether distinct neural systems are engaged. To explore whether there is evidence of separate mechanisms between deliberate

SUBMITTER: Daddaoua N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8416506 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature