Orbitofrontal cortex contributes to the comparison of values underlying economic choices

Economic choices entail the comparison of offer values, but the neural underpinnings of this process are poorly understood. Here the authors show that weak electrical stimulation of the orbitofrontal cortex selectively disrupts value comparison without affecting offer values.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sébastien Ballesta, Weikang Shi, Camillo Padoa-Schioppa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32199-y