The medial frontal cortex and adjacent orbitofrontal cortex have been the focus of
investigations of decision-making, behavioral flexibility, and social behavior. We review …

Skilled sensorimotor interactions with the world result from a series of decision-making
processes that determine, on the basis of information extracted during the unfolding …

Animals make predictions to guide their behavior and update those predictions through
experience. Transient increases in dopamine (DA) are thought to be critical signals for …

Improving objects, ideas or situations—whether a designer seeks to advance technology, a
writer seeks to strengthen an argument or a manager seeks to encourage desired behaviour …

Memory is fleeting. New material rapidly obliterates previous material. How, then, can the
brain deal successfully with the continual deluge of linguistic input? We argue that, to deal …

Great leaps forward in scientific understanding are often spurred by innovations in
technology. The explosion of miniature sensors that are driving the boom in consumer …

Predation risk, the probability that a prey animal will be killed by a predator, is fundamental
to theoretical and applied ecology. Predation risk varies with animal behavior and …

In this book, Robert L. Kelly challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were
Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes …

Search is a ubiquitous property of life. Although diverse domains have worked on search
problems largely in isolation, recent trends across disciplines indicate that the formal …

Rising income inequality is a global trend. Increased income inequality has been associated
with higher rates of crime, greater consumer debt, and poorer health outcomes. The …