2021
Unlocking the Reinforcement-Learning Circuits of the Orbitofrontal Cortex
Groman SM, Lee D, Taylor JR. Unlocking the Reinforcement-Learning Circuits of the Orbitofrontal Cortex. Behavioral Neuroscience 2021, 135: 120-128. PMID: 34060870, PMCID: PMC8201418, DOI: 10.1037/bne0000414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAnimalsBehavior, AddictiveNeurosciencesPrefrontal CortexReinforcement, PsychologyConceptsOrbitofrontal cortexReinforcement-learning mechanismsDecision-making impairmentsDiverse clinical populationsDecision-making differsNeurocomputational approachOFC dysfunctionNeuroscience techniquesBiobehavioral disordersBehavioral paradigmsClinical populationsBiobehavioral mechanismsAddiction pathologyComputational differencesReinforcement-learning algorithms
2020
Introducing the PLOS ONE Collection on the neuroscience of reward and decision making
Groman SM, Ikemoto S, Rushworth M, Taylor JR, Whelan R. Introducing the PLOS ONE Collection on the neuroscience of reward and decision making. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0240505. PMID: 33031482, PMCID: PMC7544023, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAction-outcome associationsDecision-making deficitsPast experienceDecision makingNeuroscience techniquesNeurobiological mechanismsBehavioral approachNovel inferencesAdaptive decisionDecision-making functionsMechanistic linkParticular actionNeuroscienceAlternative outcomesBiological mechanismsOrganismsComputational functionsRewardNew insightsParticular outcomeNew environmentRecent advancesPredatorsMakingBiology
2017
Explaining Delusions: Reducing Uncertainty Through Basic and Computational Neuroscience
Feeney EJ, Groman SM, Taylor JR, Corlett PR. Explaining Delusions: Reducing Uncertainty Through Basic and Computational Neuroscience. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2017, 43: 263-272. PMID: 28177090, PMCID: PMC5605246, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAssociation LearningComputational BiologyDelusionsHumansNeurosciencesUncertaintyConceptsAssociative learning theoryPersistence of delusionsAttentional allocationCognitive psychologySet of beliefsAnimal beliefsNew learningComputational neuroscienceLearning theoryHuman beliefsErroneous beliefsBelief characteristicsBrain functionConsensual realityClinical phenomenologyAnimal researchBeliefsDelusionsComputational modelPsychotic illnessPsychologyPharmacological treatmentNeuroscienceTeleological approachFuture state