| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 399 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford psychology series |
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Oxford psychology series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution of the primate prefrontal cortex -- 3. Medial prefrontal cortex: choosing actions based on outcomes -- 4. Orbital prefrontal cortex: choosing objects based on outcomes -- 5. Caudal prefrontal cortex: searching for goals -- 6. Dorsal prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on recent events -- 7. Ventral prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on visual and auditory contexts -- 8. Prefrontal cortex as a whole: generating goals from current contexts and events -- 9. Human prefrontal cortex: generating goals from instructions and imagination -- 10. Conclusions |
| Summary |
The prefrontal cortex makes up almost a quarter of the human brain, and it expanded dramatically during primate evolution. This book presents a new theory about its fundamental function. The book argues that primate-specific parts of the prefrontal cortex evolved to reduce errors in foraging choices, so that particular ancestors of modern humans could overcome periodic food shortages. These developments laid the foundation for working out problems in our imagination, which resulted in the insights that allow humans to avoid errors entirely, at least at times |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Prefrontal cortex -- Physiology
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Neurobiology.
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Neurobiology
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MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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Neurobiology
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Prefrontal cortex -- Physiology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wise, Steven P.
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| LC no. |
2012935803 |
| ISBN |
9780191633089 |
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0191633089 |
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