The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex: Anatomy, Evolution, and the Origin of Insight

1. Introduction 2. Evolution of the primate prefrontal cortex 3. Medial prefrontal cortex: choosing actions based on outcomes 4. Orbital prefrontal cortex: choosing objects based on outcomes 5. Caudal prefrontal cortex: searching for goals 6. Dorsal prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on recent events 7. * Ventral prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on visual and auditory contexts 8. * Prefrontal cortex as a whole: generating goals from current contexts and events 9. Human prefrontal cortex: generating goals from instructions and imagination 10. Conclusions 1. Introduction 2. Evolution of the primate prefrontal cortex 3. Medial prefrontal cortex: choosing actions based on outcomes 4. Orbital prefrontal cortex: choosing objects based on outcomes 5. Caudal prefrontal cortex: searching for goals 6. Dorsal prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on recent events 7. * Ventral prefrontal cortex: generating goals based on visual and auditory contexts 8. * Prefrontal cortex as a whole: generating goals from current contexts and events 9. Human prefrontal cortex: generating goals from instructions and imagination 10. Conclusions