The striatum is essential for learning which actions lead to reward and for implementing
those actions. Decades of experimental and theoretical work have led to several influential …

The last ten years of attention research have witnessed a revolution, replacing a theoretical
dichotomy (top-down vs. bottom-up control) with a trichotomy (biased by current goals …

There is growing consensus that reward plays an important role in the control of attention.
Until recently, reward was thought to influence attention indirectly by modulating task …

Since the original characterization of the ventral visual pathway, our knowledge of its
neuroanatomy, functional properties, and extrinsic targets has grown considerably. Here we …

The cognitive system has the capacity to learn and make use of environmental regularities–
known as statistical learning (SL), including for the implicit guidance of attention. For …

Primates interact with the world by exploring visual objects; they seek opportunities to view
novel objects even when these have no extrinsic reward value. How the brain controls this …

Behavioral and economic theory dictate that we decide between options based on their
values. However, humans and animals eagerly seek information about uncertain future …

The basal ganglia are equipped with inhibitory and disinhibitory mechanisms that enable a
subject to choose valuable objects and actions. Notably, a value can be determined flexibly …

The basal ganglia control body movements, value processing and decision-making. Many
studies have shown that the inputs and outputs of each basal ganglia structure are …

The dorsal striatum, the largest subcortical structure of the basal ganglia, is critical in
controlling motor, procedural, and reinforcement-based behaviors. Although in mammals the …