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The basal ganglia: a vertebrate solution to the selection problem?

Redgrave, P., Prescott, T.J., Gurney, K.·1999·Neuroscience
DOI 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00319-4
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A selection problem arises whenever two or more competing systems seek simultaneous access to a restricted resource. Consideration of several selection architectures suggests there are significant advantages for systems which incorporate a central switching mechanism. We propose that the vertebrate basal ganglia have evolved as a centralized selection device, specialized to resolve conflicts over access to limited motor and cognitive resources. Analysis of basal ganglia functional architecture and its position within a wider anatomical framework suggests it can satisfy many of the requirements expected of an efficient selection mechanism.

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  • This perspective on dopaminergic function fits comfortably with a gating role for dopamine in selecting the percepts that guide action.

    “Furthermore, this perspective on dopaminergic function fits comfortably with a gating role for dopamine (O'Reilly et al. 2002) in selecting the percepts that guide action (Redgrave et al. 1999).”

    From Action and behavior: a free-energy formulation (2010) · cites this paper as Redgrave et al. 1999

    In “Dopaminergic regulation of switching” (pp. 13–14), the paper proposes that dopamine helps interrupt and reprioritize behavioral selections in response to salient stimuli. That supports a role in selecting actions guided by stimuli, but not the more specific claim that dopamine selects percepts. “NEW PERSPECTIVES” (p. 16) distinguishes selection for access to motor or cognitive resources from perception itself. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Redgrave, P., Prescott, T. J., & Gurney, K.
Affiliations
University of Sheffield (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Neuroscience
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-04
Volume
89
Issue
4
Pages
1009-1023
ISSN
0306-4522 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00319-4
OpenAlex
W2085376923
Cited by
1,199
References
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FWCI
11.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
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  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
basal ganglia, selection problem, resource allocation, motor control, cognitive control, vertebrate brain evolution
MeSH terms
Animals, Basal Ganglia, Cognition, Biological Evolution, Models, Neurological, Motor Activity, Vertebrates

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