Cognition: Basal Ganglia Role

From the early twentieth century, neurologists noted that diseases affecting the basal ganglia caused cognitive deficits, including problems with memory, attention, and other mental activities. After a protracted period in which the contribution of the basal ganglia to motor control received the most attention, the past two decades have seen a resurgence of interest in their cognitive roles. It is now clear that the structures composing the basal ganglia take part in a wide range of cognitive functions, including learning, memory, skill, planning, switching, sequencing, classification, timing, and the processing of rewards, as well as other feedback.

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