Dissociation between active and observational learning from positive and negative feedback in Parkinsonism.

Feedback to both actively performed and observed behaviour allows adaptation of future actions. Positive feedback leads to increased activity of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra, whereas dopamine neuron activity is decreased following negative feedback. Dopamine level reduction in unmedicate...

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Main Authors: Stefan Kobza, Stefano Ferrea, Alfons Schnitzler, Bettina Pollok, Martin Südmeyer, Christian Bellebaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3503978?pdf=render