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Science 31 May 2002:
Vol. 296. no. 5573, pp. 1624 - 1625
DOI: 10.1126/science.1072683
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Perspectives

NEUROSCIENCE:
A Bite to Remember

Catharine H. Rankin

There are several different types of learning behavior in animals that can be induced with different types of training and conditioning protocols. In her Perspective, Rankin discusses new work in the sea slug that unravels a dopamine-mediated reward pathway induced by instrumental conditioning.

The author is in the Department of Psychology and Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. E-mail: crankin{at}cortex.psych.ubc.ca

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