Divide and conquer: How avian 'prefrontal' and hippocampal neurons process extinction learning in complementary ways
Celil Semih Sevincik, Julian Packheiser, José R. Donoso, Sen Cheng, Jonas Rose, Onur Güntürkün, Roland Pusch
This study shows that pigeon hippocampus and prefrontal NCL process extinction learning differently, with HPC encoding context phases and NCL enabling decision-making and meta-learning.
bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience