Decoding subjective decisions from orbitofrontal cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 973-980

  Rich, Erin L ^a   Wallis, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; TIME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84976320978     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4320     Document Type: Article

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