The role of the orbitofrontal cortex in cognition and behavior

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Jonker, Frank A ^c   Jonker, Cees ^a   Scheltens, Philip ^a   Scherder, Erik J A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Vesalius Centre for Neuropsychiatry Woerden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior disorders; Gambling task; Orbitofrontal cortex damage; Reversal learning; Theory of mind (ToM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; EMOTION; GAMBLING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84929074242     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2014-0043     Document Type: Article

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