Striatum, Motivation, and Learning Flashcards
As described in Lilljeholm & O’Doherty, which of the following divisions of the striatum is most strongly connected to ventromedial prefrontal (including orbitofrontal) cortex?
A. ventrolateral striatum
B. ventral striatum (nucleus accumbens)
C. dorsolateral striatum (putamen)
D. dorsomedial striatum (caudate)
B. ventral striatum (nucleus accumbens)
Fill in the blanks: In the Liljeholm & O’Doherty review, research is summarized that has attempted to link the function of different striatal subregions to _______, ________, and ________?
A. response selection, motivation, and attention
B. language, attention and response selection
C. motivation, associative learning, and response selection
D. associative learning, attention, and motivation
C. motivation, associative learning, and response selection
According to Liljeholm & O’Doherty, the kind of instrumental learning that is driven by representations of the outcomes of actions, is referred to as:
A. habit learning
B. goal directed learning
C. Pavlovian learning
D. classical conditioning
B. goal directed learning
Fill in the blank: According to Liljeholm & ODoherty in their review of functional distinctions between the subregions of the striatum, goal-directed learning was reported to be disrupted by lesions in __________ in rodents.
A. the ventral part of the striatum (N accumbens)
B. the medial part of the dorsal striatum (caudate)
C. the lateral part of the dorsal striatum (putamen)
D. the dorsomedial thalamic nucleus
B. the medial part of the dorsal striatum (caudate)
According to the actor/critic model described in Liljeholm & O’Doherty:
A. Ventral striatum contributes only to the critic functions.
B. Dorsal striatum contributes to both the critic and actor functions.
C. Ventral striatum contributes to both the critic and actor functions.
D. Medial parts of dorsal striatum contribute to critic and lateral parts of dorsal striatum contribute to actor functions
C. Ventral striatum contributes to both the critic and actor functions.
As reviewed in Liljeholm & O’Doherty, which of the following is more strongly implicated in execution of well-learned motor skills?
A. dorsolateral striatum (putamen)
B. lateral pulvinar
C. dorsomedial striatum (caudate)
D. ventral striatum (nucleus accumbens)
A. dorsolateral striatum (putamen)
According to Liljeholm & O’Doherty, which of the following is more strongly implicated in motor response inhibition?
A. lateral pulvinar
B. ventral striatum (nucleus accumbens)
C. dorsomedial striatum (caudate)
D. dorsolateral striatum (putamen)
C. dorsomedial striatum (caudate)
Liljeholm and O’Doherty discuss evidence that cues that signal reward delivery - even though the reward is not contingent on whether or not an instrumental action is performed - can nevertheless invigorate instrumental performance, a phenomenon termed Pavlovian-instrumental transfer (PIT). Which of the following is consistent with the account of this phenomenon as summarized by Liljeholm and O’Doherty?
A. Dorsal stratal function, but not ventral striatal function, has been linked to invigorated performance on instrumental tasks associated with non-contingent reward cues (PIT).
B. Dorsal stratal function, but not ventral striatal function, has been linked to invigorated performance on instrumental tasks associated with motivational state.
C. Ventral striatal function has been linked to invigorated performance on instrumental tasks associated with non-contingent reward cues, but only for very specific reward-related behaviors (specific PIT).
D. Ventral striatal function has been linked to invigorated performance on instrumental tasks associated with non-contingent reward cues, both for general behaviors (general PIT) and for specific reward-related behaviors (specific PIT).
D. Ventral striatal function has been linked to invigorated performance on instrumental tasks associated with non-contingent reward cues, both for general behaviors (general PIT) and for specific reward-related behaviors (specific PIT).
According to Liljeholm & O’Doherty, hedonic (liking) functions of the ventral striatum appear to be related to which type of neuropharmacological function?
A. serotonergic
B. cholinergic
C. dopaminergic
D. opiod
D. opiod
Which of the following is consistent with the “associative” account of functions of the dorsal striatum favored by Liljeholm and O’Doherty?
A. The dorsomedial striatum (caudate) is more strongly involved in encoding associations with goal-directed instrumental actions, while the dorsolateral striatum (putamen) is disproportionately involved in encoding stimulus-response (habit) associations.
B. The greater involvement of dorsomedial (than dorsolateral) striatum during early stages of motor sequence learning than during the later stages is likely due to its greater role in motor learning than in motor performance.
C. The dorsolateral striatum (putamen) is more strongly involved in encoding associations with goal-directed instrumental actions, while the dorsomedial striatum (caudate) is disproportionately involved in encoding stimulus-response (habit) associations.
D. The greater involvement of dorsolateral (than dorsomedial) striatum during early stages of motor sequence learning than during the later stages is likely due to its greater role in motor learning than in motor performance.
A. The dorsomedial striatum (caudate) is more strongly involved in encoding associations with goal-directed instrumental actions, while the dorsolateral striatum (putamen) is disproportionately involved in encoding stimulus-response (habit) associations.
Which of the following is consistent with the “associative” account of functions of the ventral striatum favored by Liljeholm and O’Doherty?
A. The ventral striatum is disproportionately involved in learning of new reward-related behaviors and the dorsal striatum is disproportionately involved in performance of previously learned reward-related behaviors.
B. The dorsal striatum is disproportionately involved in learning of new reward-related behaviors and the ventral striatum is disproportionately involved in performance of previously learned reward-related behaviors.
C. Ventral striatum is involved in the learning as well as in the performance of reward-related behaviors that are dependent upon instrumental response-reward associations.
D. Ventral striatum is involved in the learning as well as in the performance of reward-related behaviors that are dependent upon Pavlovian stimulus-reward associations.
D. Ventral striatum is involved in the learning as well as in the performance of reward-related behaviors that are dependent upon Pavlovian stimulus-reward associations.
