Decision Making: How Is Information Represented in Orbitofrontal Cortex?

Veit Stuphorn

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.015

Decision Making: How Is Information Represented in Orbitofrontal Cortex?

Curr Biol. 2020 Jan 6;30(1):R35-R37. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.015.

Author

Veit Stuphorn¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218-2685, USA; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218-2685, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31910376
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.015

Abstract

Classically, specific orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) neurons are thought to represent attributes of specific decision options. A new model proposes instead that OFC neurons represent whichever option is currently attended. A recent study, however, tests these two models and rules out the 'current-focus-of-attention' model.

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MeSH terms

Decision Making
Inhibition, Psychological
Neurons
Prefrontal Cortex*
Reward*