Research areas
In broad terms, my research is concerned with response control. I am interested in both exploring the neural basis of the control of movement and also in investigating psychological (or 'executive') functions, such as attention, expectation and planning which influence and modify processes of response selection. To these topics, I apply a range of neuroscientific techniques, including psychopharmacology, neurophysiology and analysis of both operant and unconditioned behaviour in humans (healthy volunteers and patient populations) and experimental animals. I am particularly interested in the frontal cortex and its basal ganglia circuits.
Selected publications
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Open access
Exacerbation of the credit assignment problem in rats with lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex is revealed by Bayesian analysis of behavior in the pre-solution period of learning
Wang, J., Tait, D. S., Brown, V. J. & Bowman, E. M., 17 Oct 2019, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 372, 112037.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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More rapid reversal learning following overtraining in the rat is evidence that behavioural and cognitive flexibility are dissociable
Dhawan, S. S., Tait, D. S. & Brown, V. J., 2 May 2019, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 363, p. 45-52Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food or friends? What motivates zebrafish (Danio rerio) performing a visual discrimination
Daggett, J., Brown, V. J. & Brennan, C., 1 Feb 2019, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 359, p. 190-196 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessment of intradimensional/extradimensional attentional set-shifting in rats
Tait, D. S., Bowman, E. M., Neuwirth, L. S. & Brown, V. J., Jun 2018, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 89, p. 72-84 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review