Valuation of knowledge and ignorance in mesolimbic reward circuitry [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

The pursuit of knowledge is a basic feature of human nature. However, in domains ranging from health to finance people sometimes choose to remain ignorant. Here, we show that valence is central to the process by which the human brain evaluates the opportunity to gain information, explaining why knowledge may...

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