Optimal habits can develop spontaneously through sensitivity to local cost

Habits and rituals are expressed universally across animal species. These behaviors are advantageous in allowing sequential behaviors to be performed without cognitive overload, and appear to rely on neural circuits that are relatively benign but vulnerable to takeover by extreme contexts, neuropsyc...

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Main Authors: Desrochers, Theresa M. (Contributor), Goodman, Noah D. (Contributor), Graybiel, Ann M. (Contributor), Jin, Dezhe Z. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2012-03-30T18:17:53Z.
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