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Rhesus monkeys with damage to amygdala or orbitofrontal cortex perform well on novelty-based memory tasks.

Joshua L Krasney1, Joseph R Manns1, Andrew M Kazama1

  • 1Department of Psychology.

Behavioral Neuroscience
|September 8, 2022
PubMed
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Damage to the amygdala or orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) surprisingly improved performance in novelty-based tasks. This suggests these brain regions influence affect rather than novelty discrimination.

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