期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 36, 期 39, 页码 10002-10015出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0292-16.2016
关键词
cingulate cortex; cost-benefit decision making; fMRI; motor cost; physical effort; value comparison
资金
- Wellcome Trust [086120/Z/08/Z, 096689/Z/11/Z, 088130/Z/09/Z, 091593/Z/10/Z]
- European Research Council ActSelectContext [260424]
- Wellcome Trust [096689/Z/11/Z, 086120/Z/08/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
- European Research Council (ERC) [260424] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
Integrating costs and benefits is crucial for optimal decision-making. Although much is known about decisions that involve outcome-related costs (e.g., delay, risk), many of our choices are attached to actions and require an evaluation of the associated motor costs. Yet how the brain incorporates motor costs into choices remains largely unclear. We used human fMRI during choices involving monetary reward and physical effort to identify brain regions that serve as a choice comparator for effort-reward trade-offs. By independently varying both options' effort and reward levels, we were able to identify the neural signature of a comparator mechanism. A network involving supplementary motor area and the caudal portion of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex encoded the difference in reward (positively) and effort levels (negatively) between chosen and unchosen choice options. We next modeled effort-discounted subjective values using a novel behavioral model. This revealed that the same network of regions involving dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and supplementary motor area encoded the difference between the chosen and unchosen options' subjective values, and that activity was best described using a concave model of effort-discounting. In addition, this signal reflected how precisely value determined participants' choices. By contrast, separate signals in supplementary motor area and ventromedial prefrontal cortex correlated with participants' tendency to avoid effort and seek reward, respectively. This suggests that the critical neural signature of decision-making for choices involving motor costs is found inhumancingulate cortex and not ventromedial prefrontal cortex as typically reported for outcome-based choice. Furthermore, distinct frontal circuits seem to drive behavior toward reward maximization and effort minimization.
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