Intertemporal Decision-Making Involves Prefrontal Control Mechanisms Associated with Working Memory
in Cerebral Cortex
April 2018; p ublished online February 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 9111 words.
Abstract
Intertemporal decision-making involves simultaneous evaluation of both the magnitude and delay to reward, which may require the integrated...
Adaptive Engagement of Cognitive Control in Context-Dependent Decision Making
in Cerebral Cortex
February 2017; p ublished online January 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 13274 words.
Abstract
Many decisions require a context-dependent mapping from sensory evidence to action. The capacity for flexible information processing of this sort is...
Dominant men are faster in decision-making situations and exhibit a distinct neural signal for promptness
in Cerebral Cortex
October 2018; p ublished online August 2018 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 10547 words.
Abstract
Social dominance, the main organizing principle of social hierarchies, facilitates priority access to resources by dominant individuals. Throughout...
Contributions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex to Social Influence in Economic Decision-Making
in Cerebral Cortex
September 2017; p ublished online July 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 12109 words.
Abstract
Economic decisions are guided by highly subjective reward valuations (SVs). Often these SVs are over-ridden when individuals conform to social norms....
Transcranial Stimulation Over the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Increases the Impact of Past Expenses on Decision-Making
in Cerebral Cortex
February 2017; p ublished online December 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 6939 words.
Abstract
Goal-directed choices should be guided by the expected value of the available options. However, people are often influenced by past costs in their...
Improvements in Attention and Decision-Making Following Combined Behavioral Training and Brain Stimulation
in Cerebral Cortex
July 2017; p ublished online July 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 5893 words.
Abstract
In recent years there has been a significant commercial interest in ‘brain training’ – massed or spaced practice on a small set of tasks to boost...
Prefrontal Cortical Inactivations Decrease Willingness to Expend Cognitive Effort on a Rodent Cost/Benefit Decision-Making Task
in Cerebral Cortex
April 2016; p ublished online January 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 7667 words.
Personal success often necessitates expending greater effort for greater reward but, equally important, also requires judicious use of our limited cognitive resources (e.g., attention)....
Memory, Decision-Making, and the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex (vmPFC): The Roles of Subcallosal and Posterior Orbitofrontal Cortices in Monitoring and Control Processes
in Cerebral Cortex
December 2016; p ublished online December 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 7660 words.
Abstract
The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) prominently and separately features in neurobiological models of decision-making (e.g., value-encoding) and...
Cortical Brain Activity Reflecting Attentional Biasing Toward Reward-Predicting Cues Covaries with Economic Decision-Making Performance
in Cerebral Cortex
January 2016; p ublished online August 2014 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 9248 words.
Adaptive choice behavior depends critically on identifying and learning from outcome-predicting cues. We hypothesized that attention may be preferentially directed toward certain...
Age Differences in the Neural Mechanisms of Intertemporal Choice Under Subjective Decision Conflict
in Cerebral Cortex
November 2018; p ublished online September 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 8945 words.
Abstract
Older decision-makers may capitalize on their greater experiences in financial decisions and by this offset decline in cognitive abilities. However,...
Legal and ethical issues
in Oxford Handbook of Neuroscience Nursing
P ublished online August 2010 .
Chapter. Subjects: Neurology; Medical Ethics; Clinical Neuroscience. 6174 words.
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Prestimulus Alpha Power Influences Tactile Temporal Perceptual Discrimination and Confidence in Decisions
in Cerebral Cortex
March 2016; p ublished online October 2014 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 11242 words.
Recent studies have demonstrated that prestimulus alpha-band activity substantially influences perception of near-threshold stimuli. Here, we studied the influence of prestimulus alpha...
Here Comes Trouble: Prestimulus Brain Activity Predicts Enhanced Perception of Threat
in Cerebral Cortex
April 2017; p ublished online April 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 11460 words.
Abstract
Research on the perceptual prioritization of threatening stimuli has focused primarily on the physical characteristics and evolutionary salience of...
Behavioral Regulation and the Modulation of Information Coding in the Lateral Prefrontal and Cingulate Cortex
in Cerebral Cortex
September 2015; p ublished online June 2014 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 17542 words.
To explain the high level of flexibility in primate decision-making, theoretical models often invoke reinforcement-based mechanisms, performance monitoring functions, and core neural...
Evidence for Mediodorsal Thalamus and Prefrontal Cortex Interactions during Cognition in Macaques
in Cerebral Cortex
November 2015; p ublished online May 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 11275 words.
It is proposed that mediodorsal thalamus contributes to cognition via interactions with prefrontal cortex. However, there is relatively little evidence detailing the interactions between...
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The Neuro-Computational Architecture of Value-Based Selection in the Human Brain
in Cerebral Cortex
February 2018; p ublished online January 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 13585 words.
Abstract
Current neural models of value-based decision-making consider choices as a 2-stage process, proceeding from the “valuation” of each option under...
Distinct Stages of Moment-to-Moment Processing in the Cinguloopercular and Frontoparietal Networks
in Cerebral Cortex
March 2017; p ublished online April 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 10878 words.
Abstract
Control of goal-directed tasks is putatively carried out via the cinguloopercular (CO) and frontoparietal (FP) systems. However, it remains unclear...
Medial Frontal Circuit Dynamics Represents Probabilistic Choices for Unfamiliar Sensory Experience
in Cerebral Cortex
July 2017; p ublished online February 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 9313 words.
Abstract
Neurons in medial frontal cortex (MFC) receive sensory signals that are crucial for decision-making behavior. While decision-making is easy for...
CREB1 Genotype Modulates Adaptive Reward-Based Decisions in Humans
in Cerebral Cortex
July 2016; p ublished online June 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 7843 words.
Cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) contributes to adaptation of mesocorticolimbic networks by modulating activity-regulated transcription and plasticity in neurons. Activity...
Ventromedial Frontal Lobe Damage Alters how Specific Attributes are Weighed in Subjective Valuation
in Cerebral Cortex
November 2018; p ublished online October 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Neurology; Clinical Neuroscience; Neuroscience. 9456 words.
Abstract
The concept of subjective value is central to current neurobiological views of economic decision-making. Much of this work has focused on signals in...
