Critical role for the mediodorsal thalamus in permitting rapid reward-guided updating in stochastic reward environments

Adaptive decision-making uses information gained when exploring alternative options to decide whether to update the current choice strategy. Magnocellular mediodorsal thalamus (MDmc) supports adaptive decision-making, but its causal contribution is not well understood. Monkeys with excitotoxic MDmc...

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Main Authors: Chakraborty, Subhojit, Kolling, Nils, Walton, Mark E, Mitchell, Anna S
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887209/