Amygdalectomy and ventromedial prefrontal ablation produce similar deficits in food choice and in simple object discrimination learning for an unseen reward.
Cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) with either bilateral amygdalectomy or bilateral ventromedial prefrontal cortical ablations showed abnormal choices between apple, lemon, olive, and meat. Not only did they choose meat or olive more often than normal animals, but also their choices were less...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1991
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