Adaptive goal-directed behavior involves monitoring of ongoing actions and performance
outcomes, and subsequent adjustments of behavior and learning. We evaluate new findings …

The human orbitofrontal cortex is an important brain region for the processing of rewards
and punishments, which is a prerequisite for the complex and flexible emotional and social …

Was wissen wir heute über die neuronalen Strukturen und Prozesse, die normalem und
gestörtem Erleben und Verhalten zu Grunde liegen? Was wissen wir über die neuronalen …

The experience of pain arises from both physiological and psychological factors, including
one's beliefs and expectations. Thus, placebo treatments that have no intrinsic …

The orbitofrontal cortex contains the secondary taste cortex, in which the reward value of
taste is represented. It also contains the secondary and tertiary olfactory cortical areas, in …

We present in this paper a picture of the neural systems controlling defense that updates
and simplifies Gray's “Neuropsychology of Anxiety”. It is based on two behavioural …

Convergent evidence highlights the differential contributions of various regions of the
prefrontal cortex in the service of cognitive control, but little is understood about how the …

Economics, psychology, and neuroscience are converging today into a single, unified
discipline with the ultimate aim of providing a single, general theory of human behavior. This …

Damage to the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in humans has been associated with disinhibited
or socially inappropriate behaviour and emotional changes. Some of the changes may be …

Serotonergic dysregulation within the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is implicated in many
neuropsychiatric disorders, but the precise role of serotonin within the PFC is poorly …