The representation of economic value in the orbitofrontal cortex is invariant for changes of menu

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Padoa Schioppa, Camillo ^a   Assad, John A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEVERAGES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TASTE;

EID: 37549055372     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn2020     Document Type: Article

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