Human prefrontal cortex: processing and representational perspectives
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The mPFC is especially tuned towards the integration of relevant stimuli over time.
“This is consistent with the idea put forward by Grafman and colleagues that the mPFC is especially tuned towards the integration of relevant stimuli over time [Huey et al., 2006; Krueger et al., 2007; Wood and Grafman, 2003; Wood et al., 2005].”
From Social cognition and the brain: A meta-analysis (2009) · cites this paper as Wood and Grafman, 2003
Recent neurological evidence suggests that neurons in the mPFC are uniquely oriented to time and fire over extended periods of time and across events.
“Alternatively, recent neurological evidence suggests that neurons in the mPFC are uniquely oriented to time and fire over extended periods of time and across events [Huey et al., 2006; Wood and Grafman, 2003].”
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The mPFC is crucially involved in the integration of information across time, be it social or not.
“This provides support for the idea that the mPFC is crucially involved in the integration of information across time, be it social or not (Huey et al., 2006; Krueger et al., 2007; Wood and Grafman, 2003; Wood et al., 2005).”
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- Authors
- Wood, J. N., & Grafman, J.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Grafman, Jordan
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Published
- 2003-02
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 139-147
- ISSN
- 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0048
- OpenAlex
- W2061231754
- Cited by
- 721
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- 7
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- FWCI
- 3.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- prefrontal cortex, representational theory, higher cognition, cognitive processes, language, reasoning, planning, social behavior, cognitive evolution
- MeSH terms
- Attention, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Humans, Memory, Mental Processes, Models, Neurological, Prefrontal Cortex
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