Book chapter
Emotion, Decision Making, and the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex
Principles of Frontal Lobe Function
Oxford University Press
08/08/2002
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195134971.003.0022
Abstract
This chapter discusses the role of the orbital prefrontal cortex in behavior, with emphasis on the involvement of the ventromedial prefrontal (VMPF) lobe in emotions and decision making. It focuses on three aspects: (1) the development and application of a laboratory task to measure decision making and related emotional influences; (2) the development of a set of rating scales aimed at characterizing the personality attributes of patients with acquired VMPF dysfunction and decision-making impairments; and (3) studies conducted in patients who have sustained damage to VMPF cortices very early in life, and who manifested lifelong social conduct and decision-making deficits. The main features of the somatic marker framework are summarized.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Emotion, Decision Making, and the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex
- Creators
- Daniel Tranel
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Principles of Frontal Lobe Function
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195134971.003.0022
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/08/2002
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070221402771
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