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Fables of the prefrontal cortex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Jordan Grafman
Affiliation:
Cognitive Neuroscience Section, NIHININDS/Medical Neurology Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892–1440
Arnaud Partiot
Affiliation:
Cognitive Neuroscience Section, NIHININDS/Medical Neurology Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892–1440Department of Psychiatry, Hôpital de la Salpetrière, Cedex 13 Paris, France, jgr@ca.nih.gov
Caroline Hollnagel
Affiliation:
Cognitive Neuroscience Section, NIHININDS/Medical Neurology Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892–1440

Abstract

On the basis of neuroiinaging studies, Posner & Raichle summarily report that the prefrontal cortex is involved in executive functioning and attention. In contrast to that superficial view, we briefly describe a testable model of the kinds of representations that are stored in prefrontal cortex, which, when activated, are expressed via plans, actions, thematic knowledge, and schemas.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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