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Definition of 'Reversal Learning'

Any situation where an animal or human is trained to respond differentially to two stimuli (e.g., approach and avoidance) under reward and punishment conditions and subsequently trained under reversed reward values (i.e., the approach which was previously rewarded is punished and vice versa).

Common names: Reversal Learning; Learning, Reversal; Learnings, Reversal; Reversal Learnings

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Orbitofrontal dysfunction in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their unaffected relatives.

18 Jul 2008 Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviors associated with underlying dysregulation of frontostriatal circuitry. Central to neurobiological models of OCD is the... Read more...


A mouse model of fragile X syndrome exhibits heightened arousal and/or emotion following errors or reversal of contingencies.

Jul 2008 This study was designed to further assess cognitive and affective functioning in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the Fmr1(tm1Cgr) or Fmr1 "knockout" (KO) mouse. Male KO mice and wild-type littermate controls... Read more...


Dissociable effects of selective 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptor antagonists on serial spatial reversal learning in rats.

Jul 2008 Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT) is strongly implicated in the ability to shift behavior in response to changing stimulus-reward contingencies. However, there is little information on the contribution of... Read more...

  

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Definition: Any situation where an animal or human is trained to respond differentially to two stimuli (e.g., approach and avoidance) under reward and punishment conditions and subsequently trained under reversed reward values (i.e., the approach which was previously rewarded is punished and vice versa).

Descriptor UI: D012193

Alternative terms: Reversal Learning; Learning, Reversal; Learnings, Reversal; Reversal Learnings;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.798;

History Note: 66(64)

Technical Notes: human & animal

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