A Hedonism Hub in the Human Brain

Zacharopoulos, George; Lancaster, T. M.; Bracht, T.; Ihssen, N.; Maio, G. R.; J., D. E.

doi:10.1093/cercor/bhw197

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A Hedonism Hub in the Human Brain

George Zacharopoulos, T. M. Lancaster, T. Bracht, N. Ihssen, G. R. Maio, D. E. J. Linden

Cerebral Cortex, Volume: 26, Issue: 10, Pages: 3921 - 3927

Swansea University Author: George Zacharopoulos

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Human values are abstract ideals that motivate behavior. The motivational nature of human values raises the possibility that they might be underpinned by brain structures that are particularly involved in motivated behavior and reward processing. We hypothesized that variation in subcortical hubs of...

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