Reposted by Erica Townsend, PhD
Attention all central amygdala aficionados and habit learning lovers:
Sharing the latest work from my time at Dartmouth where we examined CeA activity during habit formation, now out at JNeuro
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
jneurosci.org
Habit learning shapes activity dynamics in the central nucleus of the amygdala
A habit develops as a motivated behavior that is strengthened by extended experience and feedback. While the performance component of a habit is relatively well studied, being linked to action-related...