Behavioral flexibility and the frontal lobe.
Brain areas in the frontal lobe have been implicated in behavioral flexibility and control. The study by Johnston et al. in this issue of Neuron provides novel insights into the roles of the prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices in controlling behavior.
Rainer
Gregor
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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany. gregor.rainer@tuebingen.mpg.de
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology