Viewpoints: dialogues on the functional role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex

The ventromedial prefrontal cortex is attributed with various functions during valuation, affect regulation and social cognition. _Nature Neuroscience_ asked a moderator to lead researchers

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AFFILIATIONS * Mauricio R. Delgado is in the Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA., Mauricio R Delgado * Jennifer S. Beer is in the Department of Psychology,

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA., Jennifer S Beer * Lesley K. Fellows is in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada., Lesley K

Fellows * Scott A. Huettel is in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA., Scott A Huettel * Michael L. Platt is in the Department of

Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Michael L Platt * Gregory J. Quirk is in the Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy & Neurobiology, University

of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA., Gregory J Quirk * Daniela Schiller is in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and the Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of

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search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE 1 A brief anatomical sketch of human ventromedial prefrontal cortex (PDF 365 kb) SUPPLEMENTARY

NOTE 2 VmPFC function: the value proposition (PDF 335 kb) SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE 3 The affective regulation perspective of vmPFC function (PDF 288 kb) SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE 4 An overview of human

and animal research on the social cognitive function of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (PDF 279 kb) SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE 5 VIEWPOINTS: Dialogues on the functional role of the ventromedial

prefrontal cortex (UNABRIDGED) (PDF 1270 kb) RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Delgado, M., Beer, J., Fellows, L. _et al._ Viewpoints:

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