Vision: How to Train Visual Cortex to Predict Reward Time

Balázs Hangya; Adam Kepecs

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.048

Vision: How to Train Visual Cortex to Predict Reward Time

Balázs Hangya, Adam Kepecs

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Summary Little is known about how the brain learns to anticipate the timing of reward. A new study demonstrates that optogenetic activation of basal forebrain input is sufficient to train reward timing activity in the primary visual cortex.

Original language	English
Article number	11991
Pages (from-to)	R490-R492
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	25
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.048
State	Published - Jun 15 2015

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