Animal Behavior & CognitionFrontiers in NeurosciencePeer-reviewed
Medial prefrontal cortex suppresses reward-seeking behavior with risk of positive punishment by reducing sensitivity to reward
Monami Nishio, Masashi Kondo, Eriko Yoshida, Masanori Matsuzaki
This study shows that medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) reduces reward-seeking behavior under positive punishment risk by decreasing reward sensitivity, but not negative punishment.
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