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17962551

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5850
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
The frontopolar cortex (FPC), the most anterior part of the frontal lobes, forms the apex of the executive system underlying decision-making. Here, we review empirical evidence showing that the FPC function enables contingent interposition of two concurrent behavioral plans or mental tasks according to respective reward expectations, overcoming the serial constraint that bears upon the control of task execution in the prefrontal cortex. This function is mechanistically explained by interactions between FPC and neighboring prefrontal regions. However, its capacity appears highly limited, which suggests that the FPC is efficient for protecting the execution of long-term mental plans from immediate environmental demands and for generating new, possibly more rewarding, behavioral or cognitive sequences, rather than for complex decision-making and reasoning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
318
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
594-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Anterior prefrontal function and the limits of human decision-making.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Département d'Etudes Cognitives, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 9, quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France. koechlin@ccr.jussieu.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't