Adolescent transitions in reflexive and non-reflexive behavior: Review of fear conditioning and impulse control in rodent models
| Autor: | Pamela S. Hunt, Joshua A. Burk, Robert C. Barnet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adolescent
Cognitive Neuroscience Context (language use) Rodentia Impulsivity Article Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Behavioral Neuroscience 0302 clinical medicine Reflexivity Conditioning Psychological medicine Animals Humans Learning 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Fear conditioning Fear processing in the brain 05 social sciences Brain Fear Additional research Impulse control Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Models Animal Conditioning medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 70 |
| ISSN: | 1873-7528 |
| Popis: | Adolescence is a time of critical brain changes that pave the way for adult learning processes. However, the extent to which learning in adolescence is best characterized as a transitional linear progression from childhood to adulthood, or represents a period that differs from earlier and later developmental stages, remains unclear. Here we examine behavioral literature on associative fear conditioning and complex choice behavior with rodent models. Many aspects of fear conditioning are intact by adolescence and do not differ from adult patterns. Sufficient evidence, however, suggests that adolescent learning cannot be characterized simply as an immature precursor to adulthood. Across different paradigms assessing choice behavior, literature suggests that adolescent animals typically display more impulsive patterns of responding compared to adults. The extent to which the development of basic conditioning processes serves as a scaffold for later adult decision making is an additional research area that is important for theory, but also has widespread applications for numerous psychological conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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