decision making

Question 1

what is a habit based system?

Answer 1

a complex chain of actions/behaviors that result from associations between situations and actions

Question 2

what is a deliberative system?

Answer 2

behaviors that result from a complex process of evaluating consequences of actions

Question 3

what are the three steps of deliberation?

Answer 3

1. determine potential possibilities.
2. evaluate likely outcomes.
3. select an action to take.

Question 4

what is the multiple t-maze task?

Answer 4

a test conducted on rats where they make a choice to go right or left at 4 different points of the maze, but if they make the wrong choice at the 4th point then they are punished.

Question 5

what is vicarious trial and error (VTE)?

Answer 5

rodent behavior where they pause at decision points and look back and forth at their options

Question 6

the process by which one imagines another time and place can be defined as …

Answer 6

mental time travel

Question 7

deficits in episodic memory is also related to deficits in …

Answer 7

imagining possible future events (episodic future thinking)

Question 8

different _____ ___ in the hippocampus code for different locations

Answer 8

place cells

Question 9

vicarious trial and error (VTE) occurs less as …

Answer 9

behavior becomes more habitual

Question 10

if VTE increases even when hippocampal activity is disrupted, this would suggest what?

Answer 10

the hippocampus does not initiate VTE