ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2019
Biological mechanisms for observational learning.
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- A novel paradigm for observational learning in rats.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2024Article
- Neural Correlates of Social Decision-Making.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Sensory cortex plasticity supports auditory social learning.Nature communications · 2023Article
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- Beyond the three-chamber test: toward a multimodal and objective assessment of social behavior in rodents.Molecular autism · 2022Review
- NAc-VTA circuit underlies emotional stress-induced anxiety-like behavior in the three-chamber vicarious social defeat stress mouse model.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Beyond social learning.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Review
- The cultural evolution of cultural evolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Dopaminergic signaling supports auditory social learning.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Linking Social Cognition to Learning and Memory.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020Review
- Social learning exploits the available auditory or visual cues.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Network architectures supporting learnability.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Analysis, evaluation, and reformulation of social cognitive theory: Toward parent-child shared management in sleep health.Journal of pediatric nursingArticle
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Abstract
Observational learning occurs when an animal capitalizes on the experience of another to change its own behavior in a given context. This form of learning is an efficient strategy for adapting to changes in environmental conditions, but little is known about the underlying neural mechanisms. There is an abundance of literature supporting observational learning in humans and other primates, and more recent studies have begun documenting observational learning in other species such as birds and rodents. The neural mechanisms for observational learning depend on the species' brain organization and on the specific behavior being acquired. However, as a general rule, it appears that social information impinges on neural circuits for direct learning, mimicking or enhancing neuronal activity patterns that function during pavlovian, spatial or instrumental learning. Understanding the biological mechanisms for social learning could boost translational studies into behavioral interventions for a wide range of learning disorders.
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