Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Reward-related choices determine information timing and flow across macaque lateral prefrontal cortex

  • Hua Tang,
  • Ramon Bartolo,
  • Bruno B. Averbeck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20943-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Previous studies provided conflicting evidence on the functional organization of the lateral prefrontal cortex. The authors show task-specific information flows along the caudo-rostral and dorso-ventral axes, reflecting the cognitive process of identifying the location or identity of a valuable object.