Reversal learning paradigms are among the most widely used tests of cognitive flexibility
and have been used as assays, across species, for altered cognitive processes in a host of …

Successful goal-directed behavior requires not only correct action selection, planning, and
execution but also the ability to flexibly adapt behavior when performance problems occur or …

Prenatal stress exposure is associated with risk for psychiatric disorders later in life. This
may be mediated in part via enhanced exposure to glucocorticoids (GCs), which are known …

Addictions are often characterized as forms of impulsive behavior. That said, it is often noted
that impulsivity is a multidimensional construct, spanning several psychological domains …

Learning in a constant environment, and adapting flexibly to a changing one, through
changes in reinforcement contingencies or valence-free cues, depends on overlap** …

From a preeminent researcher, this book looks at the key role of joint attention in both typical
and atypical development. Peter C. Mundy shows that no other symptom dimension is more …

Striatal dopamine (DA) is thought to code for learned associations between cues and
reinforcers and to mediate approach behavior toward a reward. Less is known about the …

Background Our ability to measure the cognitive components of complex decision-making
across species has greatly facilitated our understanding of its neurobiological mechanisms …

The striatum has been involved in complex behaviors such as motor control, learning,
decision-making, reward and aversion. The striatum is mainly composed of medium spiny …

Research integrating neuroimaging and molecular genetics has yielded important insights
into how variability in brain chemistry predicts individual differences in brain function …