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Complementary and opponent value signals in the human brain support choosing the best and avoiding the worst.

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Authors: Clarissa Baratin1, Alizée Lopez-Persem2, Philippe Kahane1,3, Lorella Minotti1,3, Jiri Hammer4, Petr Marusič4, Anca Nica5, Sylvain Rheims6, Louis Maillard7, Marie Denuelle8,9, Emmanuel Barbeau8, Blandine Chanteloup-Forêt1, Mathias Pessiglione2, Guillaume Becq10, Julien Bastin1
ORCID iDs: Alizée Lopez-Persem, Philippe Kahane, Jiri Hammer, Petr Marusič, Marie Denuelle, Emmanuel Barbeau, Mathias Pessiglione, Guillaume Becq, Julien Bastin
  1. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U1216, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, GIN, Grenoble, France
  2. Institut du Cerveau, INSERM UMRS 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Paris, France
  3. Neurology Department, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
  4. Neurology Department, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
  5. Neurology Department, University Hospital of Rennes, Rennes, France
  6. Functional Neurology and Epileptology Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
  7. Neurology Department, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France
  8. Centre de recherche Cerveau et Cognition (CerCo), CNRS-UPS, UMR 5549 Toulouse, France
  9. Neurology Department, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
  10. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, GIPSA-lab, Grenoble, France
Institutions: Inserm (France); Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France); Sorbonne Université (France); Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (France); Institut du Cerveau (France); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (France); Charles University (Czechia); University Hospital in Motol (Czechia); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes (France); Université de Lyon (France); Hospices Civils de Lyon (France); Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nancy (France); Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (France); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (France); Centre de recherche cerveau et cognition (France); Institut polytechnique de Grenoble (France); GIPSA-Lab (France); Université Grenoble Alpes (France)
Journal: Nature communications, volume 17, issue 1, article 9760
Dates: received 7 March 2025; accepted 22 July 2026; published online 14 August 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-76593-2 · PMID 42733070 · PMCID PMC13572439 · OpenAlex W7203474249
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: code verified
Categories: human (organism)
Methods: Spectral & time-frequency, Connectivity, Statistics, Preprocessing, Machine learning, fMRI & imaging, Physiology & signal measures
Keywords: Decision, Human behaviour
MeSH: Brain*, Choice Behavior*, Insular Cortex*, Prefrontal Cortex*, Adult, Brain Mapping, Emotions, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Young Adult (* major topic)
Topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-22-CE17-0057, ANR-15-IDEX-0002); European Regional Development Fund (CZ.02, CZ.02.01, CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004643)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 61 references in the paper

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Baratin, C., Lopez-Persem, A., Kahane, P., Minotti, L., Hammer, J., Marusič, P., Nica, A., Rheims, S., Maillard, L., Denuelle, M., Barbeau, E., Chanteloup-Forêt, B., Pessiglione, M., Becq, G., & Bastin, J. (2026). Complementary and opponent value signals in the human brain support choosing the best and avoiding the worst. Nature communications, 17(1), 9760. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76593-2

BibTeX

@article{baratin2026complementary,
author = {Baratin, Clarissa and Lopez-Persem, Alizée and Kahane, Philippe and Minotti, Lorella and Hammer, Jiri and Marusič, Petr and Nica, Anca and Rheims, Sylvain and Maillard, Louis and Denuelle, Marie and Barbeau, Emmanuel and Chanteloup-Forêt, Blandine and Pessiglione, Mathias and Becq, Guillaume and Bastin, Julien},
title = {{Complementary and opponent value signals in the human brain support choosing the best and avoiding the worst}},
journal = {Nature communications},
year = {2026},
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pmid = {42733070},
pmcid = {PMC13572439}
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AU - Denuelle, Marie
AU - Barbeau, Emmanuel
AU - Chanteloup-Forêt, Blandine
AU - Pessiglione, Mathias
AU - Becq, Guillaume
AU - Bastin, Julien
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