Contingency degradation overwrites initial learning and depends on lateral orbitofrontal cortex
Maedeh Mahmoudi, Joanne M. Gladding, Michael D. Kendig, Alessandro Castorina, Karly Turner, Octavia Soegyono, Laura A Bradfield
The paper shows that non-contingent outcome delivery reduces responding in rats without recovery, and this effect depends on the lateral orbitofrontal cortex.
bioRxiv · May 19, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition