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2014 ; 128
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): 567-578
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Behav Neurosci
2014[Oct]; 128
(5
): 567-578
PMID25244086
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Reinforcement-based learning models predict that the strength of association
between cues and outcomes is driven by aspects of outcome value. However, animals
routinely make associations between contingent stimuli in the world, even if
those associations hold no value to the organism. At the neural level, the
nucleus accumbens (NAc) is known to encode associative information, but it is not
known whether this encoding is specific for value-based information (consistent
with reinforcement-based models) or if the NAc additionally plays a more general
role in forming predictive associations, independent of outcome value. To test
this, we employed a sensory preconditioning (SPC) task where rats initially
(Preconditioning) received either contingent pairings of 2 neutral stimuli (e.g.,
tone [A] and light [X]; "Paired"), or random noncontingent presentations
("Unpaired"). After cue X was subsequently conditioned with food (First-Order
Conditioning), the effect of preconditioning was assessed in Phase 3 (Test) by
presentations of cue A alone. Electrophysiological recordings from the NAc core
showed significant increases in phasic encoding for the stimuli in the Paired
(but not Unpaired) condition as well as during test. Further, these effects were
only seen in Paired rats that showed successful behavior during test (Good
Learners), but not those who did not (Poor Learners) or Unpaired controls. These
findings reveal a role for the NAc in the encoding of associative contingencies
independent of value, and suggest that this structure also plays a more general
role in forming associations necessary for predictive behavior.