Shauna L. Parkes

This study shows that reference point-dependent reinforcement learning, involving relative value encoding, is conserved in humans and rats despite some species-specific differences in behavioural and computational parameters.

This study shows that chemogenetic inhibition of the rat insular cortex abolishes both general and specific Pavlovian-instrumental transfer, indicating its critical role in using predictive cues to guide instrumental actions.

This study investigates how dorsal and ventral hippocampus contribute to hierarchical context-action-outcome associations in rats during goal-directed behavior.

This study shows that noradrenergic projections to the rodent orbitofrontal cortex are necessary for updating action-outcome relationships during reversal learning.