Risk, reward or repetition? New data on human ventral tegmental area stimulation challenge dominant frameworks
This scientific commentary refers to ‘Stimulation of the human ventral tegmental area increases strategic betting’ by Hirschbichler et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf210).
Authors
- Catharine A. Winstanley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7032-4471)
- L. Clark
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awag012
- Primary Topic
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada