title: A surprised amygdala looks to the cortex for meaning.
abstract: Learning models propose a role for both signed and unsigned prediction errors in updating associations between cues and aversive outcomes. In this issue of Neuron, Klavir et al. (2013) show how these errors arise from the interplay between the amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Integrative Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors: Ekaterina
authors: E
authors: Likhtik
authors: Joshua A
authors: JA
authors: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*