Do we understand the prefrontal cortex?

RE Passingham, H Lau - Brain Structure and Function, 2023 - Springer
Many suggestions have been made as to the functions of the prefrontal (PF) cortex.
However, they involve labelling areas using psychological terminology. But what we need to …

Sequential neuronal processing of number values, abstract decision, and action in the primate prefrontal cortex

P Viswanathan, AM Stein, A Nieder - Plos Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Decision-making requires processing of sensory information, comparing the gathered
evidence to make a judgment, and performing the action to communicate it. How neuronal …

Feature Integration in Motor Sequences: Implications for Abstract Task Sequence Studies

H Doyle - Journal of Neuroscience, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Performing skilled motor sequences is essential for activities in everyday life, like playing an
instrument or participating a sport. Two features are important for the execution of such …

[HTML][HTML] Monkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortex shows anatomically and functionally specific responses to sequential but not temporal or image changes

NY Rodriguez, A Ahuja, D Basu, TM Desrochers - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sequential information permeates our daily lives, such as when listening to music. These
sequences are potentially abstract in that they do not depend on the exact identity of the …

[HTML][HTML] Monkey lateral prefrontal cortex subregions differentiate between perceptual exposure to visual stimuli

K Leaman, NY Rodriguez, A Ahuja, D Basu, TH McKim… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In everyday life, humans must parse visual stimuli with highly variable amounts of perceptual
experience, ranging from incredibly familiar to entirely new. Even when choosing a novel to …