Publications by authors named "Aniek Fransen"
It has been suggested that there are two distinct and parallel mechanisms for controlling instrumental behavior in mammals: goal-directed actions and habits. To gain an understanding of how these two systems interact to control behavior, it is essential to characterize the mechanisms by which the balance between these systems is influenced by experience. Studies in rodents have shown that the amount of training governs the relative expression of these two systems: Behavior is goal-directed following moderate training, but the more extensively an instrumental action is trained, the more it becomes habitual.
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- fMRI is a technique used to study how our brains work over the past 30 years, but researchers haven’t looked closely at how participants in these studies might be different from those in other types of studies.
- The research found that people who take part in fMRI studies tend to have lower anxiety levels than those who participate in behavior-only studies.
- It’s important for researchers to check anxiety levels when recruiting participants and to use better screening methods to avoid this problem.