Specific contributions of ventromedial, anterior cingulate, and lateral prefrontal cortex for attentional selection and stimulus valuation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Kaping, Daniel ^a,b   Vinck, Martin ^c   Hutchison, R Matthew ^b   Everling, Stefan ^b,d   Womelsdorf, Thilo ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY; EYE FIXATION; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MACACA; MALE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CYTOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GYRUS CINGULI; MACACA; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855179594     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001224     Document Type: Article

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