Neuroscience studies of autoshaping have found that the NAc (nucleus accumbens) appears to be directly involved in: A) Enhancing the incentive salience of the CS⁺ once it is acquired B) The acquisition of feeding-like responses to the CS⁺ C) Stimulus-outcome reversal learning D) All of the above

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The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is involved in various aspects of reward and motivation, including enhancing the incentive salience of cues associated with rewards (A), acquiring conditioned responses such as feeding-like behaviors in response to cues (B), and adapting behavior based on changes in the relationship between stimuli and outcomes, as in reversal learning (C). Therefore, it plays a critical role in all the processes listed.

Neuroscience Studies of Autoshaping Have Found That the NAc (Nucleus