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SUBMITTER: Tricomi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2758609 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tricomi Elizabeth E Balleine Bernard W BW O'Doherty John P JP
The European journal of neuroscience 20090521 11
Habits are characterized by an insensitivity to their consequences and, as such, can be distinguished from goal-directed actions. The neural basis of the development of demonstrably outcome-insensitive habitual actions in humans has not been previously characterized. In this experiment, we show that extensive training on a free-operant task reduces the sensitivity of participants' behavior to a reduction in outcome value. Analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging data acquired during tra ...[more]