It All Depends on the Context, but Also on the Amygdala
Published in Neuron, 2015
Recommended citation: Cohen Y, Paz R (2015) "It All Depends on the Context, but Also on the Amygdala". Neuron 87: 4: 67880. (Preview) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089662731500687X
Behavioral flexibility requires the brain to maintain and rely on cognitive contexts for dictating appropriate responses. Saez et al. (2015) demonstrate that such abstract rule-based representations co-exist in prefrontal cortices and in the amygdala, with the latter being surprisingly crucial for correct performance.
Recommended citation: Cohen Y, Paz R (2015) “It All Depends on the Context, but Also on the Amygdala”. Neuron 87: 4: 67880. (Preview)