Professor Anthony Dickinson
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Professor
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My primary research interests concern learning, memory, motivation, and future planning in both humans and animals. My interest in learning and memory is focussed on the distinction between goal-directed and habitual instrumental behaviour as assess by reinforcer or outcome devaluation procedures. In collaboration with Professor Nicola Clayton, I also study both memory and future planning in food storing birds.
Research Focus
Keywordslearning memory motivation planning reward |
Clinical conditionsNo direct clinical relevance |
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Behavioural analysis
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Key publications
Valentin VV, Dickinson A, O'Doherty JP (2007), “Determining the Neural Substrates of Goal-Directed Learning in the Human Brain” Journal of Neuroscience 27:4019-4026 Details
de Wit S, Kosaki Y, Balleine BW, Dickinson A (2006), “Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex Resolves Response Conflict in Rats” Journal of Neuroscience 26:5224-5229 Details
Clayton NS, Bussey TJ, Dickinson A (2003), “Can animals recall the past and plan for the future?” Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4:685-691
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