[Oxford Psychology 01] • The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex · Anatomy, Evolution, and the Origin of Insight (Oxford Psychology Series) by Passingham, Richard E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Preface Acknowledgements Contents in Brief Contents in Full List of Abbreviations Glossary of Terms from Biology and Psychology Chapter 1 Introduction

Introduction Aims Definitions and Terminology Fingerprints Lesions and Activation Lesions and Activity Activity and Activation Conclusions

Chapter 2 Evolution of the Primate Prefrontal Cortex

Introduction Strepsirrhine PF Cortex Ventral Premotor Cortex Early Primates Anthropoid PF Cortex Ancestral and Advanced Anthropoids Conclusions

Chapter 3 Medial Prefrontal Cortex: Choosing Actions Based on Outcomes

Introduction Areas Connections Decisions, Choices, and Goals Accumulator Networks Agranular Cortex in Rodents Agranular Cortex in Primates Granular Cortex Conclusions

Chapter 4 Orbital Prefrontal Cortex: Choosing Objects Based on Outcomes

Introduction Areas Connections Agranular Cortex in Rodents Agranular Areas in Primates Granular Cortex Conclusions

Chapter 5 Caudal Prefrontal Cortex: Searching for Goals

Introduction Areas Connections The FEF as a Prefrontal Area Oculomotor Delayed Response Task Attention Based on Learning Conclusions

Chapter 6 Dorsal Prefrontal Cortex: Generating Goals Based on Recent Events

Introduction Areas Connections Delayed Response Task The Role of Interference Temporal Order Rules Prospective Coding Generation of Goals Planning a Sequence Conjunctions and the Current Context Conclusions

Introduction Areas Connections Visual and Auditory Conditional Tasks Visuospatial and Visuomotor Associations Matching-to-sample Tasks Categorization Abstract Rules Changing Rules Abstract Strategies

Chapter 8 Prefrontal Cortex as a Whole: Generating Goals from Current Contexts and Events

Introduction Connections Hierarchies Generating Goals Based on Contexts Generating GOals based on Events Generating Goals Based on Attentive Control Fundamental Function of the PF Cortex Conclusions

Chapter 9 Human Prefrontal Cortex: Generating Goals from Instructions and Imagination

Introduction The Frontal Lobes in Hominid Evolution Microstructure and Internal Connections External Connections Broca’s area Polar PF Cortex Dorsal Paracingulate Cortex Activations in the Human Brain Sensory Processing Generation of Goals Task Instructions Monitoring Intentions Monitoring Outcomes Associative Learning Episodic Memory Reasoning Moral and Social Rules Conclusions

Chapter 10 Conclusions

Introduction Theories Based on Evidence from Monkeys Theories Based on Evidence from Human Subjects Our Proposal Assessed Against the Same Criteria Falsifiability of our Proposal Conclusion

References Index