title: Inferring the value of the world.
abstract: A prominent view of the function of orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is that it is responsible for calculating the value of things in the environment. A recent study shows that this role is restricted to cases in which the value must be inferred from our knowledge of the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California at Berkeley, 132 Barker Hall, MC3190, Berkeley, CA 94720-3190, USA. wallis@berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wallis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology*