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Methods for Studying Habitual Behavior in Mice
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Habit formation refers to the process by which goal‐directed behavior becomes automatized and less sensitive to changes in the value of the goal. It has clear relevance for our understanding of skill learning and addiction. Recent studies have begun to reveal the neural substrates underlying this process. This unit summarizes what is known about the experimental methods used, and provides a protocol for generating and assessing habit formation in mice. Curr. Protoc. Neurosci. 60:8.29.1‐8.29.9. © 2012 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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After VR training, mice show a significant reduction in lever pressing in the devalued condition and a positive devaluation index, confirming a goal-directed strategy.
“When the devaluation test was conducted after VR training, there was a significant reduction in lever pressing in the devalued condition resulting in a positive devaluation index (1st test; Fig. 1d–f), confirming that mice employed a goal-directed strategy5,17.”
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- Authors
- Rossi, M. A., & Yin, H. H.
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- Venue
- Current Protocols in Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- Unit 8.29-Unit 8.29
- ISSN
- 1934-8576 (ISSN-L)
- 1934-8584
- PMC
- PMC3408711
- OpenAlex
- W1761433480
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 1.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Current Protocols in Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (016991, 018018)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA018018, K22AA016991)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- habit formation, goal-directed behavior, habitual behavior, skill acquisition, addiction, behavioral paradigms
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Behavior, Animal, Conditioning, Operant, Ethology, Food Deprivation, Habits, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Reinforcement, Psychology, Mice
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