Article Figures & Data
Figures
- Figure 1.
A, B, Basic outline of the delay-discounting task in terms of the sequence of events in a trial (A) and the timeline of the experiment (B).
- Figure 2.
A–D, Photomicrographs depicting a typical OFC lesion (B) and BLA lesion (D) compared with appropriate sham control tissue (A and C, respectively). MO, Medial orbital cortex; VO, ventral orbital cortex; LO, lateral orbital cortex; AI, agranular insular cortex; CeN, central amygdaloid nucleus.
- Figure 3.
Effect of lesions to the OFC and BLA on performance of a delay-to-gratification task compared with sham-operated controls. Data shown are mean number of responses and SEM taken from seven consecutive postoperative sessions.
Tables
- Table 1.
Levels of omissions, latency to respond, and latency to collect reward per session
Variable Preoperative Postoperative Sham BLA OFC Sham BLA OFC Omissions 0.34 (0.30) 0.28 (0.30) 0.37 (0.28) 0.69 (0.56) 0.50 (0.33) 0.35 (0.17) Latency to respond (sec) 1.01 (0.07) 0.96 (0.07) 0.92 (0.04) 1.19 (0.16) 0.99 (0.05) 1.22 (0.09) Latency to collect reward (sec) 0.29 (0.01) 0.29 (0.03) 0.32 (0.04) 0.29 (0.14) 0.23 (0.07) 0.32 (0.03) -
Data shown are mean (SEM).
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