A selective effect of dopamine on information-seeking.


Journal

eLife
ISSN: 2050-084X
Titre abrégé: Elife
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101579614

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 12 2020
Historique:
received: 20 05 2020
accepted: 16 11 2020
entrez: 9 12 2020
pubmed: 10 12 2020
medline: 2 4 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Humans are motivated to seek information from their environment. How the brain motivates this behavior is unknown. One speculation is that the brain employs neuromodulatory systems implicated in primary reward-seeking, in particular dopamine, to instruct information-seeking. However, there has been no causal test for the role of dopamine in information-seeking. Here, we show that administration of a drug that enhances dopamine function (dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine; L-DOPA) reduces the impact of valence on information-seeking. Specifically, while participants under Placebo sought more information about potential gains than losses, under L-DOPA this difference was not observed. The results provide new insight into the neurobiology of information-seeking and generates the prediction that abnormal dopaminergic function (such as in Parkinson's disease) will result in valence-dependent changes to information-seeking.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33295870
doi: 10.7554/eLife.59152
pii: 59152
pmc: PMC7725498
doi:
pii:

Substances chimiques

Dopamine VTD58H1Z2X

Types de publication

Journal Article Randomized Controlled Trial Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Subventions

Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 214268/Z/18/Z
Pays : United Kingdom

Informations de copyright

© 2020, Vellani et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

VV, Ld, AG, TS No competing interests declared

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Auteurs

Valentina Vellani (V)

Affective Brain Lab, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
The Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Lianne P de Vries (LP)

Affective Brain Lab, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Anne Gaule (A)

Affective Brain Lab, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Tali Sharot (T)

Affective Brain Lab, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
The Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

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