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SUBMITTER: Ballesta S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6878987 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ballesta Sébastien S Padoa-Schioppa Camillo C
Current biology : CB 20191031 22
Economic choices between goods are thought to rely on the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), but the decision mechanisms remain poorly understood. To shed light on this fundamental issue, we recorded from the OFC of monkeys choosing between two juices offered sequentially. An analysis of firing rates across time windows revealed the presence of different groups of neurons similar to those previously identified under simultaneous offers. This observation suggested that economic decisions in the two moda ...[more]