Shining Light on Social Learning Circuits

Trends Cogn Sci. 2018 Aug;22(8):673-675. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.05.002. Epub 2018 May 28.

Abstract

Learning from others powerfully shapes our lives, yet the circuit-specific mechanisms underlying social learning in the brain remain unclear. A recent study in mice provides evidence that direct neuronal projections from the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) to the basolateral amygdala (BLA) play a critical role in observational fear learning.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Basolateral Nuclear Complex*
  • Fear
  • Gyrus Cinguli
  • Mice
  • Social Learning*