Acute stress alters probabilistic reversal learning in healthy male adults

• Published in: The European journal of neuroscience Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 824 - 839
• Main Authors: Wieland, Lara, Ebrahimi, Claudia, Katthagen, Teresa, Panitz, Martin, Luettgau, Lennart, Heinz, Andreas, Schlagenhauf, Florian, Sjoerds, Zsuzsika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Adult; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian analysis; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain mapping; Choice learning; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive ability; cognitive flexibility; computational modelling; Computational neuroscience; decision‐making; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Generalized linear models; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Mathematical models; Neostriatum; Prefrontal cortex; Prefrontal Cortex - diagnostic imaging; Reinforcement; Reversal learning; Reversal Learning - physiology; Reward; Social interactions; TSST; computational modelling; cognitive flexibility; decision-making; TSST

Behavioural adaptation is a fundamental cognitive ability, ensuring survival by allowing for flexible adjustment to changing environments. In laboratory settings, behavioural adaptation can be measured with reversal learning paradigms requiring agents to adjust reward learning to stimulus–action–out...