The role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in reward valuation and future thinking during intertemporal choice

The role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in reward valuation and future thinking during intertemporal choice

Intertemporal choices require trade-offs between short-term and long-term outcomes. Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) damage causes steep discounting of future rewards (delay discounting [DD]) and impoverished episodic future thinking (EFT). The role of vmPFC in reward valuation, EFT, and their...

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Main Authors: Elisa Ciaramelli, Flavia De Luca, Donna Kwan, Jenkin Mok, Francesca Bianconi, Violetta Knyagnytska, Carl Craver, Leonard Green, Joel Myerson, Shayna Rosenbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-08-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
delay discounting
episodic future thinking
ventromedial prefrontal cortex
decision making
reward
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/67387

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/67387

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