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Contrasting Roles for Orbitofrontal Cortex and Amygdala in Credit Assignment and Learning in Macaques

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Chau, Bolton K.H., Sallet, Jérôme, Papageorgiou, Georgios K., Noonan, MaryAnn P., Bell, Andrew H., Walton, Mark E., Rushworth, Matthew F.S.·2015·Neuron

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Recent studies have challenged the view that orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and amygdala mediate flexible reward-guided behavior. We trained macaques to perform an object discrimination reversal task during fMRI sessions and identified a lateral OFC (lOFC) region in which activity predicted adaptive win-stay/lose-shift behavior. Amygdala and lOFC activity was more strongly coupled on lose-shift trials. However, lOFC-amygdala coupling was also modulated by the relevance of reward information in a manner consistent with a role in establishing how credit for reward should be assigned. Day-to-day fluctuations in signals and signal coupling were correlated with day-to-day fluctuation in performance. A second experiment confirmed the existence of signals for adaptive stay/shift behavior in lOFC and reflecting irrelevant reward in the amygdala in a probabilistic learning task. Our data demonstrate that OFC and amygdala each make unique contributions to flexible behavior and credit assignment.

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  • Area 47/12o has been linked to the process of assigning the credit for a specific outcome to a specific choice.

    “It has been linked to the process of assigning the credit for a specific outcome to a specific choice.27”
  • The finding of non-reward neurons is robust: 18/494 (3.6%) of neurons in the original study responded to non-reward, 10/140 (7.1%) in a complementary study, and an fMRI study showed macaque lateral OFC activation when expected reward was not obtained during reversal.

    “The finding of non-reward neurons is robust, in that 18/494 (3.6%) of the neurons in the original study responded to non-reward (Thorpe et al., 1983), consistent results were found in different tasks in a complementary study (10/140 non-reward neurons in the OFC or 7.1%) (Rosenkilde et al., 1981), and an fMRI study has shown that the macaque lateral OFC is activated when an expected reward is not”

    From The orbitofrontal cortex: reward, emotion and depression (2020) · cites this paper as Chau et al., 2015

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Authors
Chau, B. K. H., Sallet, J., Papageorgiou, G. K., Noonan, M. P., Bell, A. H., Walton, M. E., & Rushworth, M. F. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (GB)
Corresponding author
Chau, Bolton K.H.
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-09
Volume
87
Issue
5
Pages
1106-1118
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1922104716
Cited by
159
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 16
FWCI
8.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (105651, 100973, 101092, 100973/Z/13/Z, 101092/Z/13/Z)
  • Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala, credit assignment, reward-guided behavior, behavioral flexibility, win-stay lose-shift, probabilistic learning, macaque
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Amygdala, Animals, Brain Mapping, Choice Behavior, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Learning, Macaca mulatta, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Neurons, Oxygen, Reinforcement, Psychology, Reward, Temperature, Time Factors, Prefrontal Cortex

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