The prefrontal cortex: categories, concepts and cognition.

@article{citeulike:2786247, abstract = {The ability to generalize behaviour-guiding principles and concepts from experience is key to intelligent, goal-directed behaviour. It allows us to deal efficiently with a complex world and to adapt readily to novel situations. We review evidence that the prefrontal cortex-the cortical area that reaches its greatest elaboration in primates-plays a central part in acquiring and representing this information. The prefrontal cortex receives highly processed information from all major forebrain systems, and neurophysiological studies suggest that it synthesizes this into representations of learned task contingencies, concepts and task rules. In short, the prefrontal cortex seems to underlie our internal representations of the 'rules of the game'. This may provide the necessary foundation for the complex behaviour of primates, in whom this structure is most elaborate.}, address = {Center for Learning and Memory, RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. ekm@ai.mit.edu}, author = {Miller, E. K. and Freedman, D. J. and Wallis, J. D. }, citeulike-article-id = {2786247}, doi = {10.1098/rstb.2002.1099}, issn = {0962-8436}, journal = {Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences}, keywords = {prefrontal, review}, month = {August}, number = {1424}, pages = {1123--1136}, posted-at = {2008-05-12 04:00:12}, priority = {2}, title = {The prefrontal cortex: categories, concepts and cognition.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2002.1099}, volume = {357}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2786247 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2786247 TI - The prefrontal cortex: categories, concepts and cognition. JF - Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences VL - 357 IS - 1424 SP - 1123 EP - 1136 AD - Center for Learning and Memory, RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. ekm@ai.mit.edu SN - 0962-8436 N2 - The ability to generalize behaviour-guiding principles and concepts from experience is key to intelligent, goal-directed behaviour. It allows us to deal efficiently with a complex world and to adapt readily to novel situations. We review evidence that the prefrontal cortex-the cortical area that reaches its greatest elaboration in primates-plays a central part in acquiring and representing this information. The prefrontal cortex receives highly processed information from all major forebrain systems, and neurophysiological studies suggest that it synthesizes this into representations of learned task contingencies, concepts and task rules. In short, the prefrontal cortex seems to underlie our internal representations of the 'rules of the game'. This may provide the necessary foundation for the complex behaviour of primates, in whom this structure is most elaborate. KW - prefrontal KW - review AU - Miller, EK AU - Freedman, DJ AU - Wallis, JD PY - 2002/08/29/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2002.1099 ER -