Shining Light on Social Learning Circuits

Publication date: Available online 28 May 2018
Source:Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Author(s): Steve W.C. Chang, Olga Dal Monte
Learning from others powerfully shapes our lives, yet the circuit-specific mechanisms underlying social learning in the brain remain unclear. A recent study in mice provides evidence that direct neuronal projections from the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) to the basolateral amygdala (BLA) play a critical role in observational fear learning.



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