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The visual prefrontal cortex of anthropoids: interaction with temporal cortex in decision making and its role in the making of 'visual animals'

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Abstract

© 2021. The ventral prefrontal cortex (PFC) of primates—a region strongly implicated in decision making—receives highly processed visual sensory inputs from the inferior temporal cortex (ITC) and perirhinal cortex (PRC) and can therefore be considered visual PFC. Usually, the functions of temporal cortex and visual PFC have been discussed in separate literatures. By considering them together, we aim to clarify the ways in which fronto-temporal networks guide decision making. After discussing the ways in which visual PFC interacts with temporal cortex to promote decision making, we offer specific predictions about the selective roles of the ITC-based and PRC-based fronto-temporal networks. Finally, we suggest that an increased reliance on visual PFC in anthropoid primates led to our emergence as ‘visual’ animals.

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Author(s): Eldridge MA, Hines BE, Murray EA

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Year: 2021

Volume: 41

Pages: 22-29

Print publication date: 01/10/2021

Online publication date: 10/03/2021

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

ISSN (print): 2352-1546

ISSN (electronic): 2352-1554

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.012

DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.012

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