When the rewards associated with the various stimuli of a matching-to- sample task differ from one another, animals are able to perform the task with much higher accuracy than when the rewards are the same across the various ...

The avian nidopallium caudolaterale (NCL) is considered homologous to the primate prefrontal cortex (PFC). Although the role of the PFC in executive functions is well established, the role of the NCL remains relatively ...