Determining the Neural Substrates of Goal-Directed Learning in the Human Brain

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 27; no. 15; pp. 4019 - 4026
• Main Authors: Valentin, Vivian V, Dickinson, Anthony, O'Doherty, John P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Soc Neuroscience 11.04.2007; Society for Neuroscience
• Subjects: Adult; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - methods; Citrus; Extinction, Psychological - physiology; Female; Goals; Humans; Learning - physiology; Lycopersicon esculentum; Male; Neurons - physiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology

Instrumental conditioning is considered to involve at least two distinct learning systems: a goal-directed system that learns associations between responses and the incentive value of outcomes, and a habit system that learns associations between stimuli and responses without any link to the outcome...