The Effect of Serotonin on Promoting Waiting Depends on the Reward Probability (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

The Effect of Serotonin on Promoting Waiting Depends on the Reward Probability

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Figure 1: With a 25 percent probability of reward, the nose-poke time in no-food trials did not change even if serotonin neurons were activated (left). But with a 75 percent reward probability, the nose-poke time during no-food trials increased when serotonin neurons were activated (right).

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