Orbitofrontal reality filtering
Decades of research have deepened our understanding of how the brain forms memories and uses them to build our mental past and future. But how does it determine whether an evoked memory refers to the present and can be acted upon? The study of patients who confuse reality, as evident from confabulat...
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| description | Decades of research have deepened our understanding of how the brain forms memories and uses them to build our mental past and future. But how does it determine whether an evoked memory refers to the present and can be acted upon? The study of patients who confuse reality, as evident from confabulation and disorientation, has opened ways to explore this vital capacity. Results indicate that the brain recurs to a phylogenetically old faculty of the orbitofrontal cortex –extinction– and structures of the reward system to keep thought and behavior in phase with reality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a45a73aae53644c0b431f3b24af940882022-12-22T00:52:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532013-06-01710.3389/fnbeh.2013.0006752517Orbitofrontal reality filteringArmin eSchnider0University of GenevaDecades of research have deepened our understanding of how the brain forms memories and uses them to build our mental past and future. But how does it determine whether an evoked memory refers to the present and can be acted upon? The study of patients who confuse reality, as evident from confabulation and disorientation, has opened ways to explore this vital capacity. Results indicate that the brain recurs to a phylogenetically old faculty of the orbitofrontal cortex –extinction– and structures of the reward system to keep thought and behavior in phase with reality.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00067/fullDopamineEvoked Potentialsimagingorbitofrontal cortexPrediction errorsource memory |
| spellingShingle | Armin eSchnider Orbitofrontal reality filtering Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience Dopamine Evoked Potentials imaging orbitofrontal cortex Prediction error source memory |
| title | Orbitofrontal reality filtering |
| title_full | Orbitofrontal reality filtering |
| title_fullStr | Orbitofrontal reality filtering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Orbitofrontal reality filtering |
| title_short | Orbitofrontal reality filtering |
| title_sort | orbitofrontal reality filtering |
| topic | Dopamine Evoked Potentials imaging orbitofrontal cortex Prediction error source memory |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00067/full |
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