Prefrontal Cortex Functionality

This area of research investigates the functions and regulatory mechanisms of the prefrontal cortex, which is critical for high-level cognitive processes such as decision-making and social behavior. Studies examine the effects of lesions and activity patterns in this brain region.

prefrontal cortex
cognition
decision-making
regulation
brain function

11,551 papers

Parent topic: Neuroscience and Neurological Disorders

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Top Papers

An Integrative Theory Of Prefrontal Cortex Function

2001 · 9,978 citations

Insensitivity To Future Consequences Following Damage To Human Prefrontal Cortex.

1994 · 2,639 citations

Medial Prefrontal Cortex And Self-Referential Mental Activity: Relation To A Default Mode Of Brain Function

2001 · 2,576 citations

The Somatic Marker Hypothesis And The Possible Functions Of The Prefrontal Cortex

1996 · 1,929 citations

On A Confusion About A Function Of Consciousness

1995 · 1,780 citations

Brain Development In Rodents And Humans: Identifying Benchmarks Of Maturation And Vulnerability To Injury Across Species

2013 · 1,649 citations

Neuroscience Of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Search For Endophenotypes

2002 · 1,506 citations

The Locus Coeruleus And Noradrenergic Modulation Of Cognition

2009 · 1,462 citations

Heart Rate Variability, Prefrontal Neural Function, And Cognitive Performance: The Neurovisceral Integration Perspective On Self-regulation, Adaptation, And Health

2009 · 1,408 citations

Why Sex Matters For Neuroscience

2006 · 1,286 citations

The Default Mode Network And Self-Referential Processes In Depression

2009 · 1,241 citations

Cortical Midline Structures And The Self

2004 · 1,230 citations

The Neural Correlates Of Maternal And Romantic Love

2004 · 1,150 citations

The Evolution Of The Cognitive Model Of Depression And Its Neurobiological Correlates

2008 · 1,139 citations

Toward A Second-Person Neuroscience

2013 · 1,117 citations

Oxytocin Improves “Mind-Reading” In Humans

2007 · 1,097 citations

The Variability Of Human, BOLD Hemodynamic Responses

1998 · 1,057 citations

A Framework For Consciousness

2003 · 1,057 citations

Whitepaper: Defining And Investigating Cognitive Reserve, Brain Reserve, And Brain Maintenance

2020 · 1,044 citations

The Three Arousal Model: Implications Of Gray's Two-Factor Learning Theory For Heart Rate, Electrodermal Activity, And Psychopathy

1980 · 1,026 citations