Abstract reward and punishment representations in the human orbitofrontal cortex

J O'Doherty, ML Kringelbach, ET Rolls, J Hornak… - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is implicated in emotion and emotion-related learning. Using
event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we measured brain activation …

Medial orbitofrontal cortex codes relative rather than absolute value of financial rewards in humans

R Elliott, Z Agnew, JFW Deakin - European Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Functional imaging studies in recent years have confirmed the involvement of orbitofrontal
cortex (OFC) in human reward processing and have suggested that OFC responses are …

Dissociating valence of outcome from behavioral control in human orbital and ventral prefrontal cortices

J O'Doherty, H Critchley, R Deichmann… - Journal of …, 2003 - Soc Neuroscience
The precise role of orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in affective processing is still debated. One
view suggests OFC represents stimulus reward value and supports learning and relearning …

Re‐evaluating the role of the orbitofrontal cortex in reward and reinforcement

MP Noonan, N Kolling, ME Walton… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The orbitofrontal cortex and adjacent ventromedial prefrontal cortex carry reward
representations and mediate flexible behaviour when circumstances change. Here we …

Hedonic and informational functions of the human orbitofrontal cortex

R Elliott, Z Agnew, JFW Deakin - Cerebral Cortex, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Functional imaging studies have revealed roles for orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in reward
processing and decision making. In many situations, rewards signal that the current …

Learning to like: a role for human orbitofrontal cortex in conditioned reward

SML Cox, A Andrade, IS Johnsrude - Journal of Neuroscience, 2005 - Soc Neuroscience
A great deal of human behavior and motivation is based on the intrinsic emotional
significance of rewarding or aversive events, as well as on the associations formed between …

Neurons in the macaque orbitofrontal cortex code relative preference of both rewarding and aversive outcomes

T Hosokawa, K Kato, M Inoue, A Mikami - Neuroscience research, 2007 - Elsevier
Many studies have shown that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is involved in the processing of
emotional information. However, although some lines of study showed that the OFC is also …

The orbitofrontal cortex and beyond: from affect to decision-making

ET Rolls, F Grabenhorst - Progress in neurobiology, 2008 - Elsevier
The orbitofrontal cortex represents the reward or affective value of primary reinforcers
including taste, touch, texture, and face expression. It learns to associate other stimuli with …

Differential response patterns in the striatum and orbitofrontal cortex to financial reward in humans: a parametric functional magnetic resonance imaging study

R Elliott, JL Newman, OA Longe… - Journal of …, 2003 - Soc Neuroscience
Responses to monetary reward in humans have been assessed in a number of recent
functional imaging studies, and it is clear that the neuronal substrates of financial …

Reward-related reversal learning after surgical excisions in orbito-frontal or dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in humans

J Hornak, J O'doherty, J Bramham, ET Rolls… - Journal of cognitive …, 2004 - direct.mit.edu
Neurophysiological studies in primates and neuroimaging studies in humans suggest that
the orbito-frontal cortex is involved in representing the reward value of stimuli and in the …