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Direct linkHappaney, Keith; Zelazo, Philip David – Brain and Cognition, 2004
Extinction of operantly conditioned responses, which provides a measure of the ability to adapt to changes in the reinforcement value of stimuli, has been linked to orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in human and non-human animals. This article examines the feasibility of using extinction as a measure of the development of OFC function in preschool-age…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Operant Conditioning, Stimuli, Learning Processes
