The neurobiology of the prefrontal cortex anatomy, evolution, and the origin of insight
Title:
The neurobiology of the prefrontal cortex anatomy, evolution, and the origin of insight
Author:
Passingham, R. E., 1943-
ISBN:
9780191633089
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, c2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxii, 399 p.) : ill.
Series:
Oxford psychology series
Oxford psychology series.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution of the primate prefrontal cortex -- 3. Medial prefrontal cortex: choosing actions based on outcomes -- 4. Orbital prefrontal cortex: choosing objects based on outcomes -- 5. Caudal prefrontal cortex: searching for goals -- 6. Dorsal prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on recent events -- 7. Ventral prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on visual and auditory contexts -- 8. Prefrontal cortex as a whole: generating goals from current contexts and events -- 9. Human prefrontal cortex: generating goals from instructions and imagination -- 10. Conclusions.
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