Choosing between Small, Likely Rewards and Large, Unlikely Rewards Activates Inferior and Orbital Prefrontal Cortex

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Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.

Increased rCBF from the two decision-making conditions compared with the visuomotor control task rendered onto a representative brain (threshold, p < 0.01).A, 4:2 condition − control task; B, 5:1 condition − control task. Note the lack of activity within dorsolateral areas of the PFC.

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 19 no. 20 9029-9038
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