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SUBMITTER: Barack DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5788808 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barack David L DL Chang Steve W C SWC Platt Michael L ML
Neuron 20171001 2
Foraging for resources is a fundamental behavior balancing systematic search and strategic disengagement. The foraging behavior of primates is especially complex and requires long-term memory, value comparison, strategic planning, and decision-making. Here we provide evidence from two different foraging tasks that neurons in primate posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) signal decision salience during foraging to motivate disengagement from the current strategy. In our foraging tasks, salience refers ...[more]