Dopamine and Foraging Behavior: GLM Analysis Supporting Data

Partially processed datasets from a study on a global dopaminergic learning rate and adaptive foraging. The data supports recreating analyses of a Generalized Linear Model (GLM) developed to explain relationships between behavioral parameters and dopamine responses in the nucleus accumbens and dorsomedial striatum. The dataset, 449.4 MB in size, was authored by Josh Dudman and last updated on May 14, 2026.

Use Cases

• Recreating GLM analyses linking behavior to dopamine signals based on the described model.
• Validating inferred parameters from animal foraging behavior against neural recordings.
• Studying the computational role of a global dopaminergic learning rate in multi-option decision-making.

Strengths

• Dataset is 449.4 MB, indicating a medium-scale collection of processed data.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Last update timestamp is precise: 2026-05-14 17:58:36.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Josh Dudman via figshare

Collection Method

Likely collected from experimental studies of animal behavior and neurophysiology.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:58:36; freshness should be verified.