Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
Contingency degradation overwrites initial learning and depends on lateral orbitofrontal cortex
Maedeh Mahmoudi, Joanne M. Gladding, Michael D. Kendig…·Laura A Bradfield
The paper shows that non-contingent outcome delivery reduces responding in rats without recovery, and this effect depends on the lateral orbitofrontal cortex.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.18.726131