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Prefrontal–parietal function: from foraging to foresight

Genovesio, Aldo, Wise, Steven P., Passingham, Richard E.·2014·Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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Comparative neuroanatomy shows that new prefrontal areas emerged during the evolution of anthropoid primates to augment prefrontal, parietal, and temporal areas that had evolved in earlier primates. We recently proposed that the new anthropoid areas reduce foraging errors by generating goals from current contexts and learning to do so rapidly, sometimes based on single events. Among the contexts used to generate these goals, the posterior parietal cortex provides the new prefrontal areas with information about relational metrics such as order, number, duration, length, distance and proportion, which play a crucial role in foraging choices. Here we propose that this specialized network later became adapted to support the human capacity for reasoning and general problem-solving.

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  • Anthropoid primates have evolved unique prefrontal areas that are thought to provide a cognitive advantage in foraging decisions that rely on executive function.

    “For example, the best performing species in our sample were predominantly anthropoid primates, species that have evolved unique prefrontal areas that are thought to provide a cognitive advantage in foraging decisions that rely on executive function (176-178).”

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Authors
Genovesio, A., Wise, S. P., & Passingham, R. E.
Affiliations
  • Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Genovesio, Aldo
Venue
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-02
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
72-81
ISSN
1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2043803669
Cited by
137
References
112
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
prefrontal cortex, posterior parietal cortex, foraging behavior, goal generation, relational cognition, numerical cognition, spatial cognition, reasoning, problem solving, comparative neuroanatomy
MeSH terms
Animals, Appetitive Behavior, Biological Evolution, Humans, Neural Pathways, Parietal Lobe, Primates, Problem Solving, Prefrontal Cortex

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