# brain: Simulating the decision-making process of a partner monkey

<< Primates observe the choices of social partners to learn about the reward value of objects. Such values learned from observation not only inform own decision-making but may also provide a basis for understanding the decisions of others. (..) These cognitive processes-learning from others and predicting their choices-are critical foundations for primates' sophisticated social behavior.  >>

AA << show that monkeys' amygdala neurons derive object values from observation and use these values to simulate a partner monkey’s decision process. >>

Fabian Grabenhorst, Raymundo Báez-Mendoza, et al.  Primate Amygdala Neurons Simulate Decision Processes of Social Partners.  Apr 11, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.02.042.

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30225-9

'Mindreading' neurons simulate decisions of social partners. University of Cambridge.  Apr 11, 2019.

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-mindreading-neurons-simulate-decisions-social.html