This book addresses what makes us human and unique by asking the question: How does the brain process reward and make decisions when faced with multiple options? This book will help neuroscientists better understand neural mechanisms underlying reward and decision making.

Table of Contents

• Preface - Jean-Claude Dreher
• List of contributors
• Part One Monkey Anatomical and Electrophysiological Studies on Reward and Decision making
• 1. Anatomy and connectivity of the reward circuit - Suzanne N. Haber
• 2. Electrophysiological correlates of reward processing in dopamine neurons - Philippe N. Tobler and Shunsuke Kobayashi
• 3. The ventral striatum: a heterogeneous structure involved in reward processing, motivation and decision-making - Léon Tremblay, Yulia Worbe and Jeffrey R. Hollerman
• 4. Role of the primate lateral prefrontal cortex in integrating decision-making and motivational information - Masataka Watanabe
• 5. From reward value to decision-making: neuronal and computational principles - Edmund T. Rolls
• Part Two fMRI Studies on Reward and Decision Making
• 6. Decomposing brain signals involved in value-based decision making - Jean -Claude Dreher
• 7. Reward processing in the human brain: insights from fMRI - Anthony J. Porcelli and Mauricio R. Delgado
• 8. Spatiotemporal characteristics of perceptual decision making in the human brain - Marios G. Philiastides and Hauke R. Heekeren
• 9. Feedback valuation processing within the prefrontal cortex - Céline Amiez and Michael Petrides
• 10. Computational neuroimaging: monitoring reward learning with blood flow - Samuel M. McClure and Kimberlee D'Ardenne
• Part Three Brain Disorders Involving Dysfunctions of Reward and Decision Making Processes
• 11. Can models of reinforcement learning help us to understand symptoms of schizophrenia? - G.K. Murray and P.C. Fletcher
• 12. Effects of dopamine depletion on reward-seeking behavior: evidence from human and non-human primates - Mathias Pessiglione and Léon Tremblay
• 13. A neuropsychological perspective on the role of the prefrontal cortex in reward processing and decision-making - Michael Hernandez, Natalie L. Denburg and Daniel Tranel
• Part Four Genetic and Hormonal Influences on the Reward System
• 14. Gonadal steroid hormones ’ influence on reward and decision making processes - Xavier Caldú and Jean-Claude Dreher
• 15. Hormone effects on specific motivational states and underlying CNS arousal - Mihaela Stavarache, Donald Pfaff and Justine Schober
• 16. The genetic basis of individual differences in reward processing and the link to addictive behavior - Juliana Yacubian and Christian Büchel
• 17. Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) genotype effects on brain activation elicited by affective stimuli and cognitive tasks - Andreas Heinz and Imke Puls
• Part Five Computational Models of the Reward System and Decision Making
• 18. Optimal decision-making theories - Rafal Bogacz
• 19. The basal ganglia in reward and decision making: computational models and empirical studies - Bradley B. Doll and Michael J. Frank
• 20. Reward-based emotions: affective evaluation of outcomes and regret learning - Giorgio Coricelli and Aldo Rustichini
• 21. Bayesian decision making in two-alternative forced choices - Sophie Deneve
• 22. Predicting risk in a multiple stimulus-reward environment - Mathieu d'Acremont, Manfred Gilli and Peter Bossaerts