Learning of distant state predictions by the orbitofrontal cortex in humans

In order to make optimal choices, it is adaptive for the brain to build a model of the world to enable predictions about likely later events. Here, the authors show that activity across learning in the orbitofrontal cortex comes to represent expected states, up to 30 s in the future.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. Elliott Wimmer, Christian Büchel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10597-z