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Executive Function Assigns Value to Novel Goal-Congruent Outcomes
McDougle SD, Ballard IC, Baribault B, Bishop SJ, Collins AGE. Executive Function Assigns Value to Novel Goal-Congruent Outcomes. Cerebral Cortex 2021, 32: 231-247. PMID: 34231854, PMCID: PMC8634563, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReward circuitExecutive controlHuman reinforcementPrefrontal correlatesInstrumental learningFunctional neuroimagingNovel outcomesHigh-level representationSecondary reinforcerPrefrontal cortexMaterial rewardsSame circuitryDopaminergic circuitsNovel imageAssigns valueReward functionRewardNeuroimagingLow-level responsesComputational modelingFlexible responseReinforcersLearningCorrelatesCortexCredit assignment in movement-dependent reinforcement learning
McDougle S, Boggess M, Crossley M, Parvin D, Ivry R, Taylor J. Credit assignment in movement-dependent reinforcement learning. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 6797-6802. PMID: 27247404, PMCID: PMC4914179, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1523669113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCredit assignment problemKey pressesMovement errorsExplicit senseTwo-armed bandit taskReward prediction errorKey-press conditionDecision-making taskAbsence of rewardReinforcement learningBandit taskImplicit influenceVisual cuesMotor executionMotor competenceReinforcement modelSuch tasksCredit assignmentActual movementTaskGating hypothesisImplicit representationRewardLearningError signal
2020
Visuomotor Adaptation Tasks as a Window into the Interplay between Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Processes
Taylor J, McDougle S. Visuomotor Adaptation Tasks as a Window into the Interplay between Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Processes. 2020, 549-558. DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11442.003.0060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive neuroscienceImplicit cognitive processesVisuomotor adaptation taskSocial neuroscienceCognitive processesComplex cognitionAlfonso CaramazzaPsychological realityStanislas DehaeneAdaptation taskNeuroscienceValue of theoryBiological underpinningsCognitionComputational modelDecision makingScientific habitsLatest researchCaramazzaDehaeneIvryMemoryRewardMcDermottShohamy