Resolution of uncertainty in prefrontal cortex

Making optimal decisions in the face of uncertain or incomplete information arises as a common problem in everyday behavior, but the neural processes underlying this ability remain poorly understood. A typical case is navigation, in which a subject has to search for a known goal from an unknown loca...

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Published in:	Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 50; no. 5; p. 781
Main Authors:	Yoshida, Wako, Ishii, Shin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.06.2006
Subjects:	Adult Bayes Theorem Decision Making - physiology Female Goals Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Markov Chains Models, Neurological Prefrontal Cortex - physiology Space Perception - physiology
ISSN:	0896-6273
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