TY - JOUR
T1 - Frontal pole cortex: encoding ends at the end of the endbrain
AU - Tsujimoto, Satoshi
AU - GENOVESIO, ALDO
AU - Wise, Steven P.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Considerable neuroimaging research in humans indicates that the frontal pole cortex (FPC), also known as Brodmann area 10, contributes to many aspects of cognition. Despite these findings, however, its fundamental function and mechanism remain unclear. Recent neurophysiological results from the FPC of monkeys have implications about both. Neurons in the FPC seem to encode chosen goals at feedback time and nothing else. Goals, the places and objects that serve as targets for action, come in many forms and arise from many cognitive processes. The FPC's signal, although surprisingly simple for neurons at the apex of a prefrontal hierarchy, could promote learning about which kinds of goals and goal-generating processes produce particular costs and benefits, thereby improving future choices.
AB - Considerable neuroimaging research in humans indicates that the frontal pole cortex (FPC), also known as Brodmann area 10, contributes to many aspects of cognition. Despite these findings, however, its fundamental function and mechanism remain unclear. Recent neurophysiological results from the FPC of monkeys have implications about both. Neurons in the FPC seem to encode chosen goals at feedback time and nothing else. Goals, the places and objects that serve as targets for action, come in many forms and arise from many cognitive processes. The FPC's signal, although surprisingly simple for neurons at the apex of a prefrontal hierarchy, could promote learning about which kinds of goals and goal-generating processes produce particular costs and benefits, thereby improving future choices.
UR - https://iris.uniupo.it/handle/11579/191129
U2 - 10.1016/j.tics.2011.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.tics.2011.02.001
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - 169
EP - 176
JO - Default journal
JF - Default journal
IS - 4
ER -