Posterior cingulate cortex: adapting behavior to a changing world.

Journal Article (Journal Article)

When has the world changed enough to warrant a new approach? The answer depends on current needs, behavioral flexibility and prior knowledge about the environment. Formal approaches solve the problem by integrating the recent history of rewards, errors, uncertainty and context via Bayesian inference to detect changes in the world and alter behavioral policy. Neuronal activity in posterior cingulate cortex - a key node in the default network - is known to vary with learning, memory, reward and task engagement. We propose that these modulations reflect the underlying process of change detection and motivate subsequent shifts in behavior.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Pearson, JM; Heilbronner, SR; Barack, DL; Hayden, BY; Platt, ML

Published Date

  • April 2011

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 15 / 4

Start / End Page

  • 143 - 151

PubMed ID

  • 21420893

Pubmed Central ID

  • PMC3070780

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1879-307X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.tics.2011.02.002

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • England