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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Brain Sci. 2008 Aug;31(4):415–487. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X0800472X

Table 3.

Two systems

Planning System Habit System
Literature
Animal navigation Cognitive map Route, taxon, response
Animal behavior S-O, S-A-O, A-O S-A, S-R
Memory systems Cognitive Habit
Learning and memory Episodic (declarative) Procedural
Cognition Explicit Implicit
Machine learning Forward-search Action-caching
Properties
Flexibility Flexible Rigid
Execution speed Slow Fast
Learning speed Quick Slow
Devaluation? Yes No
Key Anatomical Structures
Striatum Ventral, dorsomedial striatum (accumbens, head of the caudate) Dorsolateral striatum (caudate, putamen)
Frontal cortex Prelimbic, orbitofrontal cortex Infralimbic, other components?
Hippocampal involvement Hippocampus (yes) ——— (no)
Dopaminergic inputs Ventral tegmental area Substantia nigra pars compacta