Frontal cortex subregions play distinct roles in choices between actions and stimuli.

Journal article

The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) has been implicated in reinforcement-guided decision making, error monitoring, and the reversal of behavior in response to changing circumstances. The anterior cingulate cortex sulcus (ACC(S)), however, has also been implicated in similar aspects of behavior. Dissociating the unique functions of these areas would improve our understanding of the decision-making process. The effect of selective OFC lesions on how monkeys used the history of reinforcement to guide...

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Authors: Rudebeck, P; Behrens, T; Kennerley, S; Baxter, MG; Buckley, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 51
• Pages: 13775-13785
• Publication date: 2008-12-01
• DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3541-08.2008
• EISSN: 1529-2401
• ISSN: 0270-6474
• Language: English
• Keywords: Choice Behavior; Macaca mulatta; Frontal Lobe; Gyrus Cinguli; Stochastic Processes; Reward; Photic Stimulation; Reinforcement (Psychology); Discrimination Learning; Cerebral Decortication; Animals; Male; Motor Activity