Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Tracks Multiple Environmental Variables during Search

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 39; no. 27; pp. 5336 - 5350
• Main Authors: Mehta, Priyanka S., Tu, Jiaxin Cindy, LoConte, Giuliana A., Pesce, Meghan C., Hayden, Benjamin Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for Neuroscience 03.07.2019
• Subjects: Coding; Decisions; Environmental information; Homology; Neurons; Prefrontal cortex; Reinforcement; foraging; neuroeconomics; search; electrophysiology; value; vmPFC

To make efficient foraging decisions, we must combine information about the values of available options with nonvalue information. Some accounts of ventromedial PFC (vmPFC) suggest that it has a narrow role limited to evaluating immediately available options. We examined responses of neurons in area...