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Habitual versus goal-directed action control in Parkinson disease

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de Wit, Sanne, Barker, Roger A., Dickinson, Anthony D., Cools, Roshan·2011·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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This study presents the first direct investigation of the hypothesis that dopamine depletion of the dorsal striatum in mild Parkinson disease leads to impaired stimulus-response habit formation, thereby rendering behavior slow and effortful. However, using an instrumental conflict task, we show that patients are able to rely on direct stimulus-response associations when a goal-directed strategy causes response conflict, suggesting that habit formation is not impaired. If anything our results suggest a disease severity-dependent deficit in goal-directed behavior. These results are discussed in the context of Parkinson disease and the neurobiology of habitual and goal-directed behavior.

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  • In Parkinson's Disease, goal-directed learning appeared to be impaired, not S-R habit learning.

    “one attempt to test this found results that indicated it was goal-directed learning that appeared to be impaired in patients with this neurodegenerative disease (Nelson and Killcross, 2006, de Wit et al., 2011).”

    From The role of habit in compulsivity (2016) · cites this paper as de Wit et al., 2011

  • The instrumental learning task was developed to distinguish between goal-directed and habit-based learning and has been used successfully to establish habits in both animals and humans.

    “Briefly, the instrumental learning task was developed to distinguish between goal-directed and habit-based learning,19 and has been used successfully in studies to establish habits in both animals and humans.24,41, 42, 43, 44”
  • Both humans and animals adopt an S-R habitual learning strategy to solve the incongruent trial type.

    “Indeed, previous studies have demonstrated that both humans and animals adopt an S–R habitual learning strategy to solve this incongruent trial type.19,41, 42, 43, 44”
  • During incongruent trials, goal-directed learning is disadvantageous, and performance relies solely on habitual control via direct S-R associations.

    “In these trials, goal-directed learning is disadvantageous, and performance relies solely on habitual control via direct S–R associations.”
  • Patients with Parkinson's disease show an imbalance between goal-directed and habit learning.

    “For example, patients with Parkinson's disease show an imbalance between goal-directed and habit learning.42”

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Authors
de Wit, S., Barker, R. A., Dickinson, A. D., & Cools, R.
Affiliations
  • 1University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
Venue
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Published
2011-05-01
Volume
23
Issue
5
Pages
1218-1229
ISSN
  • 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8898
OpenAlex
W2136439930
Cited by
116
References
74
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Fast Grants
  • Parkinson's UK (K-0610)
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, habitual behavior, goal-directed behavior, dopamine depletion, dorsal striatum, stimulus-response associations, response conflict, disease severity, action control
MeSH terms
Aged, Analysis of Variance, Association Learning, Conditioning, Operant, Discrimination Learning, Dopamine, Goals, Habits, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, Reaction Time, Reference Values, Severity of Illness Index, Dopamine Agents, Case-Control Studies, Matched-Pair Analysis, Neostriatum

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