Motivation and emotion/Book/2024/Dopamine and decision making
How does dopamine influence decision making and what are the motivational implications?
Overview
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As dopamine plays an important role which can affect people's memory, motivation, behaviour and cognition, the topic of dopamine's effect on decision making has been studied to gain a better understanding.
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What is dopamine?
[edit | edit source]Dopamine is a chemical messenger, known as a neurotransmitter, working in the brain to help nerve cells transmit messages in the brain and the rest of the body. Dopamine plays a role in numerous body functions including: motivation, memory, attention and more (Health Direct Australia, 2023).
The role of dopamine
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Too much or too little dopamine
[edit | edit source]How does dopamine influence decision making?
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Reinforcement learning
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- (Sutton & Barto, 1998)
What is the behavioural role of dopamine?
[edit | edit source]Motivation and emotion
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Learning
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Conclusion
[edit | edit source]- The Conclusion is arguably the most important section
- Suggested word count: 150 to 330 words
- It should be possible for someone to only read the Overview and the Conclusion and still get a pretty good idea of the problem and what is known based on psychological science
See also
[edit | edit source]Provide internal (wiki) links to the most relevant Wikiversity pages (esp. related motivation and emotion book chapters) and Wikipedia articles. Use these formats:
- Light triad (Book chapter, 2021)
- Collaborative authoring using wiki (Wikiversity)
- Self determination theory (Wikipedia)
References
[edit | edit source]Costa, K. M., & Schoenbaum, G. (2022). Dopamine. Current Biology, 32(15), R817–R824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.060[1]
Australia, H. (2023, November 6). Dopamine. Www.healthdirect.gov.au. https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/dopamine#:~:text=Dopamine%20is%20a%20chemical%20messenger%20%28neurotransmitter%29%20that%20works[2]
Kurniawan, I. T. (2011). Dopamine and effort-based decision making. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2011.00081[3]
Rogers, R. D. (2010). The Roles of Dopamine and Serotonin in Decision Making: Evidence from Pharmacological Experiments in Humans. Neuropsychopharmacology, 36(1), 114–132. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2010.165[4]
External links
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- Six top tips for writing a great essay (University of Melbourne)
- The importance of structure (skillsyouneed.com)
- ↑ "University of Canberra - ezProxy". login.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ↑ Australia, Healthdirect (2023-11-06). "Dopamine". www.healthdirect.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ↑ Kurniawan, Irma Triasih (2011). "Dopamine and effort-based decision making". Frontiers in Neuroscience 5. doi:10.3389/fnins.2011.00081. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2011.00081/abstract.
- ↑ Rogers, Robert D (2011-01). "The Roles of Dopamine and Serotonin in Decision Making: Evidence from Pharmacological Experiments in Humans". Neuropsychopharmacology 36 (1): 114–132. doi:10.1038/npp.2010.165. ISSN 0893-133X. https://www.nature.com/articles/npp2010165.