- Abstract:
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Damage to the ventromedial frontal cortex (VMFC) in humans is associated with deficits in decision making. Decision making, however, often happens while people are interacting with others, where it is important to take the social consequences of a course of action into account. It is well known that VMFC lesions also lead to marked alterations in patients' emotions and ability to interact socially; however, it has not been clear which parts of the VMFC are critical for these changes. Recently...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- Cognitive, affective and behavioral neuroscience
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 485-497
- Publication date:
- 2008-12-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1531-135X
- ISSN:
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1530-7026
- URN:
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uuid:946ba46e-5cee-4df8-93dd-b5a9dba79252
- Source identifiers:
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14568
- Local pid:
- pubs:14568
- Copyright date:
- 2008
Journal article
The contribution of distinct subregions of the ventromedial frontal cortex to emotion, social behavior, and decision making.
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