Benefit of the doubt: a new view of the role of the prefrontal cortex in executive functioning and decision making

Erik Asp; Kenneth Manzel; Bryan Koestner; Natalie L Denburg; Daniel Tranel

doi:10.3389/fnins.2013.00086

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Benefit of the doubt: a new view of the role of the prefrontal cortex in executive functioning and decision making

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Benefit of the doubt: a new view of the role of the prefrontal cortex in executive functioning and decision making

Erik Asp, Kenneth Manzel, Bryan Koestner, Natalie L Denburg and Daniel Tranel

Frontiers in neuroscience, Vol.7(7), pp.86-86

2013

DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00086

PMCID: PMC3662896

PMID: 23745103

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Abstract

The False Tagging Theory (FTT) is a neuroanatomical model of belief and doubt processes that proposes a single, unique function for the prefrontal cortex. Here, we review evidence pertaining to the FTT, the implications of the FTT regarding fractionation of the prefrontal cortex, and the potential benefits of the FTT for new neuroanatomical conceptualizations of executive functions. The FTT provides a parsimonious account that may help overcome theoretical problems with prefrontal cortex mediated executive control such as the homunculus critique. Control in the FTT is examined via the “heuristics and biases” psychological framework for human judgment. The evidence indicates that prefrontal cortex mediated doubting is at the core of executive functioning and may explain some biases of intuitive judgments.

doubt

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heuristics

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prefrontal cortex

executive function

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Title: Subtitle: Benefit of the doubt: a new view of the role of the prefrontal cortex in executive functioning and decision making
Creators: Erik Asp - Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Kenneth Manzel - Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine
Bryan Koestner - Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine
Natalie L Denburg - Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine
Daniel Tranel - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Frontiers in neuroscience, Vol.7(7), pp.86-86
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00086
PMID: 23745103
PMCID: PMC3662896
NLM abbreviation: Front Neurosci
ISSN: 1662-4548
eISSN: 1662-453X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A
Language: English
Date published: 2013
Academic Unit: Neurology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Hospital Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984002359802771

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