Lesions of the prelimbic prefrontal cortex prevent response conflict produced by action-outcome associations

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-424

  Dwyer, Dominic M ^a   Dunn, Michael J ^b   Rhodes, Sarah E V ^c   Killcross, A Simon ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biconditional discrimination; Instrumental conditioning; Prelimbic cortex; Response conflict; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONFLICT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INJURY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949560700     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903411049     Document Type: Article

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