Managing competing goals — a key role for the frontopolar cortex
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 645 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.111
Authors: Farshad Alizadeh Mansouri, Etienne Koechlin, Marcello G. P. Rosa & Mark J. Buckley
Humans are set apart from other animals by many elements of advanced cognition and behaviour, including language, judgement and reasoning. What is special about the human brain that gives rise to these abilities? Could the foremost part of the prefrontal cortex (the frontopolar cortex), which
Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Farshad Alizadeh Mansouri Etienne Koechlin Marcello G. P. Rosa Mark J. Buckley Tags: Review Source Type: research