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The neural basis of reversal learning: An updated perspective

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Izquierdo, A., Brigman, J.L., Radke, A.K., Rudebeck, P.H., Holmes, A.·2017·Neuroscience

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Reversal learning paradigms are among the most widely used tests of cognitive flexibility and have been used as assays, across species, for altered cognitive processes in a host of neuropsychiatric conditions. Based on recent studies in humans, non-human primates, and rodents, the notion that reversal learning tasks primarily measure response inhibition, has been revised. In this review, we describe how cognitive flexibility is measured by reversal learning and discuss new definitions of the construct validity of the task that are serving as a heuristic to guide future research in this field. We also provide an update on the available evidence implicating certain cortical and subcortical brain regions in the mediation of reversal learning, and an overview of the principal neurotransmitter systems involved.

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Authors
Izquierdo, A., Brigman, J. L., Radke, A. K., Rudebeck, P. H., & Holmes, A.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of New Mexico (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Corresponding author
Izquierdo, A.
Venue
Neuroscience
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-03
Volume
345
Pages
12-26
ISSN
0306-4522 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2294342312
Cited by
670
References
221
Citations by year
2026: 66 · 2025: 93 · 2024: 89 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 77 · 2021: 79 · 2020: 68 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 14
FWCI
4.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • UCLA Division of Life Sciences Recruitment and Retention
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1P50AA022534-01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
reversal learning, cognitive flexibility, response inhibition, construct validity, neural basis, cortical regions, subcortical structures, neurotransmitter systems, neuropsychiatric disorders, non-human primates, rodents
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Humans, Neurons, Reversal Learning

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