Mark E. Bouton
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: Backward Conditioning Reveals Flexibility in Infralimbic Cortex Inhibitory Memories
Backward Conditioning Reveals Flexibility in Infralimbic Cortex Inhibitory Memories Open
While the infralimbic cortex (IL) is recognized as critical for behavioral inhibition, the content of the inhibitory memories stored in this region remains elusive. To probe this content, we examined some of the conditions that allow retri…
View article: Backward Conditioning Reveals Flexibility in Infralimbic Cortex Inhibitory Memories
Backward Conditioning Reveals Flexibility in Infralimbic Cortex Inhibitory Memories Open
While the infralimbic cortex (IL) is recognized as critical for behavioral inhibition, the content of the inhibitory memories stored in this region remains elusive. To probe this content, we examined some of the conditions that allow retri…
View article: Backward Conditioning Reveals Flexibility in Infralimbic Cortex Inhibitory Memories
Backward Conditioning Reveals Flexibility in Infralimbic Cortex Inhibitory Memories Open
While the infralimbic cortex (IL) is recognized as critical for behavioral inhibition, the content of the inhibitory memories stored in this region remains elusive. To probe this content, we examined some of the conditions that allow retri…
View article: Intertrial interval as a contextual stimulus in discriminated operant learning.
Intertrial interval as a contextual stimulus in discriminated operant learning. Open
Previous research on Pavlovian conditioning has shown that the duration of the intertrial interval (ITI) can function like a contextual stimulus, modulating responding to an upcoming conditioned stimulus. Here, four operant learning experi…
View article: An analysis of reinstatement after extinction of a conditioned taste aversion.
An analysis of reinstatement after extinction of a conditioned taste aversion. Open
Taste aversion learning has sometimes been considered a specialized form of learning. In several other conditioning preparations, after a conditioned stimulus (CS) is conditioned and extinguished, reexposure to the unconditioned stimulus (…
View article: Chemogenetic inhibition of the ventral hippocampus but not its direct projection to the prelimbic cortex attenuates context-specific operant responding
Chemogenetic inhibition of the ventral hippocampus but not its direct projection to the prelimbic cortex attenuates context-specific operant responding Open
Previous work has demonstrated the importance of the prelimbic cortex (PL) in contextual control of operant behavior. However, the associated neural circuitry responsible for providing contextual information to the PL is not well understoo…
View article: Habit and persistence
Habit and persistence Open
Voluntary behaviors (operants) can come in two varieties: Goal‐directed actions, which are emitted based on the remembered value of the reinforcer, and habits, which are evoked by antecedent cues and performed without the reinforcer's valu…
View article: Prelimbic cortex inactivation prevents ABA renewal based on stress state.
Prelimbic cortex inactivation prevents ABA renewal based on stress state. Open
Our recent research suggests that the interoceptive state associated with stress can function as a contextual stimulus for operant behavior. In the present experiment, we investigated the role of the rodent prelimbic cortex (PL), a brain r…
View article: Inhibition in discriminated operant learning: Tests of response-specificity after feature-negative and extinction learning.
Inhibition in discriminated operant learning: Tests of response-specificity after feature-negative and extinction learning. Open
Six experiments with rats examined the nature of inhibition learned in an operant feature-negative (FN) discrimination. The results of prior experiments that examined instrumental extinction rather than FN learning suggest that inhibition …
View article: Effect of context on the instrumental reinforcer devaluation effect produced by taste-aversion learning.
Effect of context on the instrumental reinforcer devaluation effect produced by taste-aversion learning. Open
Four experiments manipulated the context in which taste-aversion conditioning occurred when the reinforcer was devalued after instrumental learning. In all experiments, rats learned to lever press in an operant conditioning chamber and the…
View article: Reinforcer predictability and stimulus salience promote discriminated habit learning.
Reinforcer predictability and stimulus salience promote discriminated habit learning. Open
Instrumental (operant) behavior can be goal directed, but after extended practice it can become a habit triggered by environmental stimuli. There is little information, however, about the variables that encourage habit learning, or about t…
View article: Renewal of goal direction with a context change after habit learning.
Renewal of goal direction with a context change after habit learning. Open
An instrumental action can be goal-directed after a moderate amount of practice and then convert to habit after more extensive practice. Recent evidence suggests, however, that habits can return to action status after different environment…
View article: Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of pavlovian and instrumental extinction learning
Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of pavlovian and instrumental extinction learning Open
This article reviews the behavioral neuroscience of extinction, the phenomenon in which a behavior that has been acquired through Pavlovian or instrumental (operant) learning decreases in strength when the outcome that reinforced it is rem…
View article: Correction of response error versus stimulus error in the extinction of discriminated operant learning.
Correction of response error versus stimulus error in the extinction of discriminated operant learning. Open
Two experiments with rat subjects separated learning about the discriminative stimulus versus the operant response in the extinction of discriminated operant learning. Each was designed to separate 2 forms of error that could generate exti…
View article: Context and renewal of habits and goal-directed actions after extinction.
Context and renewal of habits and goal-directed actions after extinction. Open
Instrumental behaviors that are goal-directed actions after moderate amounts of training can become habits after more extended training. Little research has asked how actions and habits are affected by retroactive interference treatments l…
View article: Effects of conditioned stimulus (CS) duration, intertrial interval, and I/T ratio on appetitive Pavlovian conditioning.
Effects of conditioned stimulus (CS) duration, intertrial interval, and I/T ratio on appetitive Pavlovian conditioning. Open
Pavlovian learning is influenced by at least 2 temporal variables: The time between the onset of the conditioned stimulus (CS) and presentation of the unconditioned stimulus (US), and the time between successive conditioning trials (the in…