The Role of Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Decision Making: Judgment under Uncertainty or Judgment Per Se?
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The role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in decision making: judgment under uncertainty or judgment per se?
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMF) is thought to be important in human decision making, but studies to date have focused on decision making under conditions of uncertainty, including risky or ambiguous decisions. Other lines of evidence suggest that this area of the brain represents quite basic information about the relative "economic" value of options, predicting a role for this region in va...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cerebral Cortex
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1047-3211,1460-2199
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhl176