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It's associated with reward valuation ... the researchers devised an experiment in which rats were exposed to brief auditory cues, presented in either a bright or a dark context (the context ...

the researchers devised an experiment in which rats were exposed to brief auditory cues, presented in either a bright or a dark context (the context was changed by turning a light bulb on or off). The ...

In the team's simplest experiments, where every time a mouse saw a light it was paired with a reward, the lateral part of the striatum reliably released dopamine when animals were given their water.

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Experiments with rats demonstrated that without a functional OFC, rats couldn’t adapt their reward-seeking behavior based on context, and without the DH, they struggled to learn new context-dependent ...

Some cephalopods may be capable of more complicated forms of learning, such as reversal learning—learning to flexibly adjust behavior when different stimuli signal reward. They may also be able ...