The role of the orbitofrontal cortex in human discrimination learning

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1326-1337

  Chase, Henry W ^a,b   Clark, Luke ^a,b   Myers, Catherine E ^c   Gluck, Mark A ^d   Sahakian, Barbara J ^a,e   Bullmore, Edward T ^a,e   Robbins, Trevor W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Learning; Orbitofrontal; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COLOR; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 42749097679     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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