AUTHOR=Hirayama Keiko , Catanho Marianne , Brown Jeffrey , Gillette Rhanor 

TITLE=A Core Circuit Module for Cost/Benefit Decision

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroscience

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2012

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2012.00123

DOI=10.3389/fnins.2012.00123

ISSN=1662-453X

ABSTRACT=<p>A simple circuit for cost-benefit decision derived from behavioral and neural studies of the predatory sea-slug <italic>Pleurobranchaea</italic> may closely resemble that upon which the more complex valuation and decision processes of the social vertebrates are built. The neuronal natures of the pathways in the connectionist model comprise classic central pattern generators, bipolar switch mechanisms, and neuromodulatory state regulation. Marked potential exists for exploring more complex neuroeconomic behavior by appending appropriate circuitry <italic>in simulo</italic>.</p>