La corteza prefrontal ventromedial (VMPFC) ha sido implicada en la toma de decisiones
emocionales debido a su posible participación en el aprendizaje de inversión afectivo, la …

Relative reward value is important for the choice between a set of available rewards, and
absolute reward value for stable and consistent economic choice. It is unclear whether in the …

The lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) of the primate play
distinctive roles in the mediation of complex cognitive tasks. Compared with the LPFC …

People's sensitivity to reinforcing stimuli such as monetary gains and losses shows a wide
interindividual variation that might in part be determined by genetic differences. Because of …

A major challenge in modern robotics is to liberate robots from controlled industrial settings,
and allow them to interact with humans and changing environments in the real-world. The …

Central thalamus regulates forebrain arousal, influencing activity in distributed neural
networks that give rise to organized actions during alert, wakeful states. Central thalamus …

Music is experienced and understood on the basis of foreground/background relationships
and tension created between actual music and the underlying meter. Polyrhythms create …

Conflict in information processing evokes trial-by-trial behavioral modulations. Influential
models suggest that adaptive tuning of executive control, mediated by mid-dorsal lateral …

Decision making refers to the ability of humans and other animals to choose between
competing courses of action based on the relative value of their consequences. This …

Age-related declines in cognitive abilities occur as early as middle-age in humans and
rhesus monkeys. Specifically, performance by aged individuals on tasks of executive …