Vision: how to train visual cortex to predict reward time

Curr Biol. 2015 Jun 15;25(12):R490-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.048.

Abstract

Little is known about how the brain learns to anticipate the timing of reward. A new study demonstrates that optogenetic activation of basal forebrain input is sufficient to train reward timing activity in the primary visual cortex.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Reward*
  • Time Factors
  • Vision, Ocular*
  • Visual Cortex / physiology*