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SUBMITTER: Akam T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7837117 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuron 20201104 1
Behavioral control is not unitary. It comprises parallel systems, model based and model free, that respectively generate flexible and habitual behaviors. Model-based decisions use predictions of the specific consequences of actions, but how these are implemented in the brain is poorly understood. We used calcium imaging and optogenetics in a sequential decision task for mice to show that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) predicts the state that actions will lead to, not simply whether they are ...[more]