title: Comparing the bird in the hand with the ones in the bush.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Boorman and colleagues shed new light on the roles of lateral frontopolar and ventromedial prefrontal cortices in task switching and decision making.
authors.affiliation: Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. sbunge@berkely.edu
authors.forename: Silvia A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bunge
authors.forename: Carter
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wendelken
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D011336:Probability