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The Prefrontal Cortex as an Executive, Emotional, and Social Brain

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Editors:
  1. Masataka Watanabe

    1. Department of Physiological Psychology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Is the first comprehensive book on the prefrontal cortex written in English and edited by a Japanese expert on prefrontal cortex research

  • Includes both human and nonhuman primate studies to provide the functional significance of the prefrontal cortex

  • Covers the interaction of default and executive networks

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Functional Organization of the Prefrontal Cortex in Human and Nonhuman Primates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Neural Correlates of Strategic Decision-Making in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex

      • Hyojung Seo, Soyoun Kim, Xinying Cai, Hiroshi Abe, Christopher H. Donahue, Daeyeol Lee
      Pages 3-15

    3. Functional Division Among Prefrontal Cortical Areas in an Analog of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

      • Keiji Tanaka, Mark J. Buckley, Farshad A. Mansouri
      Pages 17-38

    4. Working Memory Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex

      • Bradley R. Postle
      Pages 39-48

  3. The Prefrontal Cortex as an Integrator of Executive and Emotional Function

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Prefrontal Cortex Integration of Emotion and Cognition

      • Helen Barbas, Miguel Ángel García-Cabezas
      Pages 51-76

    3. Interaction of Dopamine and Glutamate Release in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex in Relation to Working Memory and Reward

      • Tohru Kodama, Masataka Watanabe
      Pages 77-102

    4. Neuronal Risk Processing in Human and Monkey Prefrontal Cortex

      • Wolfram Schultz
      Pages 103-131

    5. Hierarchical Organization of Frontoparietal Control Networks Underlying Goal-Directed Behavior

      • Mathew L. Dixon, Manesh Girn, Kalina Christoff
      Pages 133-148

  4. The Prefrontal Cortex as an Integrator of Executive and Social Function

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Self–Other Differentiation and Monitoring Others’ Actions in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of the Monkey

      • Masaki Isoda
      Pages 151-167

    3. Neural Correlates of Competition in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex

      • Takayuki Hosokawa
      Pages 169-185

    4. Self-Recognition Process in the Human Prefrontal Cortex

      • Ken Yaoi, Mariko Osaka, Naoyuki Osaka
      Pages 187-206

    5. Shared Attention and Interindividual Neural Synchronization in the Human Right Inferior Frontal Cortex

      • Norihiro Sadato
      Pages 207-225

  5. Default Mode of Brain Activity and the Prefrontal Cortex

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
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    2. Default Mode of Brain Activity Observed in the Lateral, Medial, and Orbital Prefrontal Cortex in the Monkey

      • Masataka Watanabe
      Pages 229-245

    3. Coactivation of Default Mode Network and Executive Network Regions in the Human Brain

      • Hideya Koshino
      Pages 247-276
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About this book

This book is devoted to the executive, emotional, social, and integrative functions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The PFC has usually been studied only with its executive function or with its emotional function, but recent studies indicate that the PFC plays important roles in integrating executive and emotional functions as well as in social behavior. The first part of the book reviews the functional organization of the PFC in human and nonhuman primates. The subsequent part focuses on the integrator of executive and emotional functions. The third part presents the integrator of executive and social functions, and the final part discusses the default mode of brain activities. There are chapters on animal studies, because functional significance of the PFC cannot be described without referring to those studies. Thus many methodologies are presented such as human neuropsychological, neuroimaging, and stimulation studies, and animal neuropsychological, neurophysiological, neurochemical, neuroanatomical, and neuroimaging studies. Bringing those together, this volume provides a timely and concise picture of the function of the PFC. The result is a valuable resource for students and scientists, providing up-to-date information on this emerging research topic.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physiological Psychology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan

    Masataka Watanabe

About the editor

Masataka Watanabe, Ph.D.


Department of Physiological Psychology
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Prefrontal Cortex as an Executive, Emotional, and Social Brain

  • Editors: Masataka Watanabe

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56508-6

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2017

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56506-2Published: 03 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56806-3Published: 21 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56508-6Published: 22 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 276

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Neurobiology, Neuropsychology

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