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November 2022
The positive valence system, adaptive behaviour and the origins of reward
Thomas J. Burton and Bernard W. Balleine
New Article
October 2022
Response-independent outcome presentations weaken the instrumental response-outcome association.
Byron Crimmins, Thomas J Burton, Molly McNulty, Vincent Laurent, Genevra Hart, Bernard W Balleine
New Article
October 2022
Food for thought: diet-induced impairments to decision-making and amelioration by N-acetylcysteine in male rats
Serena Becchi, Joshua Hood, Michael D. Kendig, Aida Mohammadkhani, Megan L. Shipman, Bernard W. Balleine, Stephanie L. Borgland & Laura H. Corbit
New Article
November 2022
Making habits measurable beyond what they are not: a focus on associative dual-process models
Watson, Poppy, Claire O’Callaghan, Iain Perkes, Laura Bradfield, and Karly Turner.
New Article
October 2022
Contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic reward sensitivity to apathy: Evidence from traumatic brain injury.
Halle Quang, Fiona Kumfor, Bernard Balleine, Tuong-Vu Nguyen, Truc-Quynh Nguyen, My-Ngan Nguyen, and Skye McDonald.
New Article
September 2022
Basal forebrain cholinergic signaling in the basolateral amygdala promotes strength and durability of fear memories
Byron E. Crimmins, Nura W. Lingawi, Billy C. Chieng, Beatrice K. Leung, Stephen Maren & Vincent Laurent
New Article
February 2022
A novel estimation method for the counting of dendritic spines
Mustafa S.Kassem, Bernard W.Balleine
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May 2022
The neural substrates of higher-order conditioning: a review
Nathan M. Holmes,
Justine P. Fam, Kelly J. Clemens, Vincent Laurent, R. Fred Westbrook
New Article
May 2022
Second-order fear conditioning involves formation of competing stimulus-danger and stimulus-safety associations
Justine Fam, Billy Chieng, R Frederick Westbrook, Vincent Laurent, Nathan M Holmes
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April 2022
Sensory-Specific Satiety Dissociates General and Specific Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer
Nura W. Lingawi, Talia Berman, Jack Bounds and Vincent Laurent
New Article
March 2022
The neural bases of action-outcome learning in humans
Richard W Morris, Amir Dezfouli, Kristi R Griffiths, Mike E Le Pelley, Bernard W Balleine
New Article
March 2022
Affective Valence Regulates Associative Competition in Pavlovian Conditioning
Vincent Laurent, R. Frederick Westbrook, Bernard W. Balleine
New Article
January 2022
Determining the effects of training duration on the behavioral expression of habitual control in humans: a multilaboratory investigation
Eva R Pool, Rani Gera, Aniek Fransen, Omar D Perez, Anna Cremer, Mladena Aleksic, Sandy Tanwisuth, Stephanie Quail, Ahmet O Ceceli, Dylan A Manfredi, Gideon Nave, Elizabeth Tricomi, Bernard Balleine, Tom Schonberg, Lars Schwabe, John P O'Doherty
New Book Chapter
Januray 2022
Animal models of action control and cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease
Bernard Balleine
New Article
January 2022
CRF-receptor1 modulation of the dopamine projection to prelimbic cortex facilitates cognitive flexibility after acute and chronic stress
David Mor, Serena Becchi, Jermey Bowring, Madeline Tsoukalas, Bernard W. Balleine
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October 2021
Inhibition of vascular adhesion protein 1 protects dopamine neurons from the effects of acute inflammation and restores habit learning in the striatum
Serena Becchi, Alberto Buson & Bernard W. Balleine
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July 2021
Acquisition and extinction of second-order context conditioned fear: Role of the amygdala
Nura W. Lingawi, Vincent Laurent, R. Frederick Westbrook, Nathan M. Holmes
New Article
July 2021
General Pavlovian-instrumental transfer tests reveal selective inhibition of the response type – whether Pavlovian or instrumental – performed during extinction
Vincent Laurent, Progya Priya, Byron E. Crimmins, Bernard W. Balleine
New Article
June 2021
Does disrupting the orbitofrontal cortex alter sensitivity to punishment? A potential mechanism of compulsivity.
Karly M. Turner, Bernard W. Balleine, Laura A. Bradfield