Decision making and reward in frontal cortex: complementary evidence from neurophysiological and neuropsychological studies.

Journal article

Patients with damage to the prefrontal cortex (PFC)--especially the ventral and medial parts of PFC--often show a marked inability to make choices that meet their needs and goals. These decision-making impairments often reflect both a deficit in learning concerning the consequences of a choice, as well as deficits in the ability to adapt future choices based on experienced value of the current choice. Thus, areas of PFC must support some value computations that are necessary for optimal choic...

Expand abstract

Authors: Kennerley, S; Walton, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Behavioral neuroscience
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 297-317
• Publication date: 2011-06-01
• DOI: 10.1037/a0023575
• EISSN: 1939-0084
• ISSN: 0735-7044
• Language: English
• Keywords: Frontal Lobe; Prefrontal Cortex; Reward; Choice Behavior; Neurons; Brain Mapping; Decision Making; Animals; Cognition; Learning