It seems that that the vmPFC calculate the valuse of different options that are comming from the dlPFC[1][2].
The vmPFC is also connected to self control[3]. Patients with damage to their ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) are less averse to uncertainty than healthy counterparts[4][5]. So it seems that vmPFC inhibits impulsive behiviour.
References
- ↑ Self-control in decision-making involves modulation of the vmPFC valuation system. Todd A Hare, Colin F Camerer, Antonio Rangel(2009) Science 324 (5927) p. 646-8
- ↑ A mechanistic account of value computation in the human brain.Marios G Philiastides, Guido Biele, Hauke R Heekeren (2010) PNAS, 107 (20) p. 9430-5(summery in hebrew)
- ↑ Self-control in decision-making involves modulation of the vmPFC valuation system. Todd A Hare, Colin F Camerer, Antonio Rangel(2009) Science 324 (5927) p. 646-8 (summery)
- ↑ Hsu M, Bhatt M, Adolphs R, Tranel D, Camerer CF. Neural systems responding to degrees of uncertainty in human decision-making. Science. 2005;310: 1680.
- ↑ Shiv B, Loewenstein G, Bechara A, Damasio H, Damasio AR. Investment behavior and the negative side of emotion. Psychological Science. 2005;16: 435– 439.