Multiple associative structures created by reinforcement and incidental statistical learning mechanisms

Associative learning occurs through reinforcement mechanisms as well as incidentally through experience of statistical relationships. Here, the authors report that these two learning processes are associated with specialized anatomical regions that operate at different time scales.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Miriam C. Klein-Flügge, Marco K. Wittmann, Anna Shpektor, Daria E. A. Jensen, Matthew F. S. Rushworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12557-z