Published: 21-12-2018 10:30 | Updated: 21-12-2018 10:30
Learning from rewards is related to dopamine receptor density
New research from Karolinska Institutet shows that our ability to learn from previously rewarded actions is directly related to the dopamine receptor density in the dorsal striatum, a central structure in the dopaminergic circuit in the brain. The study is published in the scientific journal PNAS.