Functional organization of the medial frontal cortex.

@article{citeulike:1300442, abstract = {The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and adjacent areas of the medial frontal cortex (MFC) have been implicated in monitoring behaviour and in detecting errors. Recent evidence, however, suggests that the ACC not only registers the occurrence of errors but also represents other aspects of the reinforcement history that are crucial for guiding behaviour. Other studies raise the possibility that dorsal MFC areas not only monitor behaviour but also actually control response selection, particularly when the task in hand is changing. Many decisions are made in social contexts and their chances of success depend on what other individuals are doing. Evaluation of other individuals is therefore crucial for effective action selection, and some ACC regions are implicated in this process.}, address = {Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD, UK; Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD, UK.}, author = {Rushworth, M. F. and Buckley, M. J. and Behrens, T. E. and Walton, M. E. and Bannerman, D. M. }, citeulike-article-id = {1300442}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.03.001}, issn = {0959-4388}, journal = {Curr Opin Neurobiol}, keywords = {cingulate, decision, pfc, reinforcement-learning, review}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {220--227}, posted-at = {2007-06-08 09:06:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Functional organization of the medial frontal cortex.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.03.001}, volume = {17}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1300442 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1300442 TI - Functional organization of the medial frontal cortex. JF - Curr Opin Neurobiol VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 220 EP - 227 AD - Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD, UK; Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD, UK. SN - 0959-4388 N2 - The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and adjacent areas of the medial frontal cortex (MFC) have been implicated in monitoring behaviour and in detecting errors. Recent evidence, however, suggests that the ACC not only registers the occurrence of errors but also represents other aspects of the reinforcement history that are crucial for guiding behaviour. Other studies raise the possibility that dorsal MFC areas not only monitor behaviour but also actually control response selection, particularly when the task in hand is changing. Many decisions are made in social contexts and their chances of success depend on what other individuals are doing. Evaluation of other individuals is therefore crucial for effective action selection, and some ACC regions are implicated in this process. KW - cingulate KW - decision KW - pfc KW - reinforcement-learning KW - review AU - Rushworth, MF AU - Buckley, MJ AU - Behrens, TE AU - Walton, ME AU - Bannerman, DM PY - 2007/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.03.001 ER -