The Orbitofrontal Cortex

'The Orbitofrontal Cortex' explores a part of the brain that is important in human emotion, pleasure, decision-making, valuation, and personality. The book is unique in providing a coherent multidisciplinary approach to understanding the functions of one of the most interesting regions of the human brain, in both health and in disease.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction to the orbitofrontal cortex


• 2: Orbitofrontal cortex: anatomy and connections


• 3: Orbitofrontal cortex processing: neurophysiology and neuroimaging


• 4: Orbitofrontal cortex damage effects in humans and other primates


• 5: Orbitofrontal cortex output pathways: cingulate cortex, basal ganglia, and dopamine


• 6: Orbitofrontal cortex and emotion


• 7: The orbitofrontal cortex, depression, and other mental disorders


• 8: The rodent orbitofrontal cortex


• 9: Orbitofrontal cortex computations in a systems-level perspective


• 10: Synthesis: the Roles of the Orbitofrontal Cortex

About the author

Professor Edmund T. Rolls performs full-time research at the Oxford Centre for Computational Neuroscience, and at the University of Warwick, and has performed research and teaching for many years as Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, and as Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His research links neurophysiological and computational neuroscience approaches to human functional neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies in order to provide a fundamental basis for understanding human brain function and its disorders.

Summary

'The Orbitofrontal Cortex' explores a part of the brain that is important in human emotion, pleasure, decision-making, valuation, and personality. The book is unique in providing a coherent multidisciplinary approach to understanding the functions of one of the most interesting regions of the human brain, in both health and in disease.

Product details

• Authors: Edmund Rolls, Edmund (Oxford Centre for Computational Neu Rolls, Edmund T. Rolls, Edmund T. (Oxford Centre for Computational Rolls, Edmund T. (Oxford Centre for Computational Neuroscience) Rolls, Rolls Edmund T.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780198845997
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884599-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 246 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Neurology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychiatry, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychology: emotions, Neurosciences, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology