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THE forebrain of fish provides an opportunity to examine the functions of a relatively simple nervous system which lacks the complexity of higher vertebrates. This area allows associations involving pain as reinforcement to be acquired and used1–4, and we have set out to demonstrate that the forebrain has a similar function in associations involving food as reinforcement.
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SAVAGE, G., SWINGLAND, I. Positively Reinforced Behaviour and the Forebrain in Goldfish. Nature 221, 878–879 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221878a0
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