Roles of the different sub-regions of the insular cortex in various phases of the decision-making process

This paper presents a coherent account of the role of the insular cortex (IC) in decision-making. We follow a conceptualization of decision-making that is very close to one previously proposed by Ernst and Paulus (2005): that the decision process is a progression of 4 phases: (1) re-focusing attenti...

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Main Authors: Vita eDroutman, Antoine eBechara, Stephen J Read
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00309/full