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The Anterior Frontomedian Cortex and Evaluative Judgment: An fMRI Study

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Zysset, Stefan, Huber, Oswald, Ferstl, Evelyn, von Cramon, D.Yves·2002·NeuroImage
DOI 10.1006/nimg.2001.1008
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This study investigated the neuronal basis of evaluative judgment. Judgments can be defined as the assessment of an external or internal stimulus on an internal scale and they are fundamental for decision-making and other cognitive processes. Evaluative judgments (I like George W. Bush: yes/no) are a special type of judgment, in which the internal scale is related to the person's value system (preferences, norms, aesthetic values, etc.). We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine brain activation during the performance of evaluative judgments as opposed to episodic and semantic memory retrieval. Evaluative judgment produced significant activation in the anterior frontomedian cortex (BA 10/9), the inferior precuneus (BA 23/31), and the left inferior prefrontal cortex (BA 45/47). The results show a functional dissociation between the activations in the anterior frontomedian cortex and in the inferior precuneus. The latter was mainly activated by episodic retrieval processes, supporting its function as a multimodal association area that integrates the different aspects of retrieved and newly presented information. In contrast, the anterior frontomedian cortex was mainly involved in evaluative judgments, supporting its role in self-referential processes and in the self-initiation of cognitive processes.

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  • Left precuneus has been associated with the simulation of third-person perspectives and episodic memory retrieval, while right posterior cingulate has been linked to retrieval of autobiographical memories.

    “Left precuneus has been associated with the simulation of third-person perspectives (Ruby and Decety, 2001) and episodic memory retrieval (Zysset et al., 2002), while right posterior cingulate has been linked to retrieval of autobiographical memories (Fink et al., 1996; Ryan et al., 2001).”

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  • vMPFC is also engaged during tasks that require participants to introspect about their own mental experiences.

    “Critically, this vMPFC region also has been observed repeatedly during tasks that require participants to introspect about their own mental experiences (15-18)”

    From Repetition suppression of ventromedial prefrontal activity during judgments of self and others (2008) · cites this paper as [17]

  • A vMPFC region was obtained from the random effects contrast of self > other trials in the explicit self-reference task.

    “Consistent with earlier studies (15-18), a single region was obtained from the random effects contrast of self > other trials located in vMPFC (Fig. 1).”

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  • Using two different sets of contrasts, we identified ROIs in vMPFC that, consistent with earlier studies of self-reference (15-18), responded preferentially during trials that required introspection about one's own mental characteristics.

    “Using two different sets of contrasts, we identified ROIs in vMPFC that, consistent with earlier studies of self-reference (15-18), responded preferentially during trials that required introspection about one's own mental characteristics.”

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Authors
Zysset, S., Huber, O., Ferstl, E., & von Cramon, D. Y.
Affiliations
  • Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (DE)
  • University of Fribourg (CH)
ORCID
Ferstl, Evelyn
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2002-04
Volume
15
Issue
4
Pages
983-991
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1006/nimg.2001.1008
OpenAlex
W2149459884
Cited by
386
References
63
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FWCI
10.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
evaluative judgments, inferior prefrontal cortex, episodic memory retrieval, semantic memory retrieval, self-referential processing, value judgments, decision-making, functional dissociation
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Judgment, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Prefrontal Cortex

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