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@article{citeulike:156154, abstract = {The fundamental biological importance of rewards has created an increasing interest in the neuronal processing of reward information. The suggestion that the mechanisms underlying drug addiction might involve natural reward systems has also stimulated interest. This article focuses on recent neurophysiological studies in primates that have revealed that neurons in a limited number of brain structures carry specific signals about past and future rewards. This research provides the first step towards an understanding of how rewards influence behaviour before they are received and how the brain might use reward information to control learning and goal-directed behaviour.}, address = {Institute of Physiology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Wolfram.Schultz@unifr.ch}, author = {Schultz, W.}, citeulike-article-id = {156154}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11257908}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11257908}, issn = {1471-003X}, journal = {Nat Rev Neurosci}, keywords = {review, reward}, month = {December}, number = {3}, pages = {199--207}, posted-at = {2005-04-08 22:46:21}, priority = {0}, title = {Multiple reward signals in the brain.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11257908}, volume = {1}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:156154 L3 - citeulike-article-id:156154 N2 - The fundamental biological importance of rewards has created an increasing interest in the neuronal processing of reward information. The suggestion that the mechanisms underlying drug addiction might involve natural reward systems has also stimulated interest. This article focuses on recent neurophysiological studies in primates that have revealed that neurons in a limited number of brain structures carry specific signals about past and future rewards. This research provides the first step towards an understanding of how rewards influence behaviour before they are received and how the brain might use reward information to control learning and goal-directed behaviour. IS - 3 JF - Nat Rev Neurosci SN - 1471-003X AD - Institute of Physiology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Wolfram.Schultz@unifr.ch EP - 207 TI - Multiple reward signals in the brain. VL - 1 SP - 199 KW - review KW - reward AU - Schultz, W PY - 2000/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11257908 ER -