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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The brain's reward system for making novel choices could have even more serious consequences, said study co-author Professor Nathaniel Daw.
"The novelty bonus may be useful in helping us make complex, uncertain decisions, but it clearly has a downside. In humans, increased novelty-seeking may play a role in gambling and drug addiction, both of which are mediated by malfunctions in dopamine release," Daw said.
The study was published online in Neuron.
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