Skip to main content

Main menu

  • HOME
  • CONTENT
    • Early Release
    • Featured
    • Current Issue
    • Issue Archive
    • Collections
    • Podcast
  • ALERTS
  • FOR AUTHORS
    • Information for Authors
    • Fees
    • Journal Clubs
    • eLetters
    • Submit
    • Special Collections
  • EDITORIAL BOARD
    • Editorial Board
    • ECR Advisory Board
    • Journal Staff
  • ABOUT
    • Overview
    • Advertise
    • For the Media
    • Rights and Permissions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Feedback
    • Accessibility
  • SUBSCRIBE

User menu

  • Log out
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of Neuroscience
  • Log out
  • Log in
  • My Cart
Journal of Neuroscience

Advanced Search

Submit a Manuscript
  • HOME
  • CONTENT
    • Early Release
    • Featured
    • Current Issue
    • Issue Archive
    • Collections
    • Podcast
  • ALERTS
  • FOR AUTHORS
    • Information for Authors
    • Fees
    • Journal Clubs
    • eLetters
    • Submit
    • Special Collections
  • EDITORIAL BOARD
    • Editorial Board
    • ECR Advisory Board
    • Journal Staff
  • ABOUT
    • Overview
    • Advertise
    • For the Media
    • Rights and Permissions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Feedback
    • Accessibility
  • SUBSCRIBE
PreviousNext
Articles, Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Contributes to Action Selection through Tracking of Recent Reward Trends

Christopher K. Kovach, Nathaniel D. Daw, David Rudrauf, Daniel Tranel, John P. O'Doherty and Ralph Adolphs
Journal of Neuroscience 20 June 2012, 32 (25) 8434-8442; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5468-11.2012
Christopher K. Kovach
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Nathaniel D. Daw
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
David Rudrauf
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Daniel Tranel
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
John P. O'Doherty
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Ralph Adolphs
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • eLetters
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5468-11.2012
PubMed 
22723683
Published By 
Society for Neuroscience
History 
  • Received October 24, 2011
  • Revision received March 14, 2012
  • Accepted April 6, 2012
  • First published June 20, 2012.
  • Version of record published June 20, 2012.
Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2012 the authors 0270-6474/12/328434-09$15.00/0

Author Information

  1. Christopher K. Kovach1,2,*,
  2. Nathaniel D. Daw3,*,
  3. David Rudrauf4,
  4. Daniel Tranel4,
  5. John P. O'Doherty1, and
  6. Ralph Adolphs1
  1. 1Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125,
  2. 2Departments of Neurosurgery and
  3. 4Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, and
  4. 3Center for Neural Science and Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
View Full Text

Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: N.D.D., J.P.O., and R.A. designed research; C.K.K. performed research; D.R. and D.T. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; C.K.K., N.D.D., D.R., and D.T. analyzed data; C.K.K., N.D.D., and R.A. wrote the paper.

  2. ↵*C.K.K. and N.D.D. contributed equally to this work.

Disclosures

    • Received October 24, 2011.
    • Revision received March 14, 2012.
    • Accepted April 6, 2012.
  • Supported by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Grant P50 NS19632 (D.T., R.A.), National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA022549 (D.T.), National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH080721 (R.A.), and the Tamagawa University Global Centers of Excellence Program of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Technology (C.K.K., R.A.). N.D.D. was supported by a Scholar Award from the McKnight Foundation and a Scholar Award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to either of the following: Ralph Adolphs, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, HSS 228-77, Pasadena, CA 91125, radolphs{at}caltech.edu; or Christopher K. Kovach, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, christopher-kovach{at}uiowa.edu

Online Impact

 

Article usage

Select a custom date range for the past year
E.g., 2025-12-06
to
E.g., 2025-12-06

Article usage: January 2018 to December 2025

AbstractFullPdf
Jan 20187255
Feb 20187235
Mar 201862310
Apr 20188224
May 201812296
Jun 20185308
Jul 20184125
Aug 20184143
Sep 201832510
Oct 201882510
Nov 20182232
Dec 201822516
Total 20186827684
Jan 20194143
Feb 2019674
Mar 20197912
Apr 201951819
May 2019112911
Jun 201991112
Jul 20195910
Aug 20193168
Oct 2019494
Nov 201981212
Dec 201961714
Total 201968151109
Jan 20203137
Feb 202021411
Mar 2020178
May 202041112
Jun 2020121212
Jul 20208217
Aug 20202106
Sep 202041718
Oct 202072518
Nov 2020293618
Dec 20203227
Total 202075188124
Jan 202121512
Feb 20217126
Mar 202192514
Apr 202142010
May 202122212
Jun 202173218
Jul 2021121721
Aug 2021202516
Sep 202172216
Oct 202173435
Nov 202141827
Dec 202191612
Total 202190258199
Jan 202282011
Feb 2022121713
Mar 202251913
Apr 202262412
May 2022102020
Jun 2022132323
Jul 20226177
Aug 2022397
Sep 202271617
Oct 20226158
Nov 2022122
Dec 2022774
Total 202284189137
Jan 2023174214
Feb 20238257
Mar 20238161
Apr 20239209
May 202391115
Jun 20233135
Jul 202372017
Aug 202331715
Sep 202380424
Oct 202372710
Nov 202394612
Dec 2023154313
Total 2023175322122
Jan 202411302
Feb 20248233
Mar 2024101610
Apr 20249277
May 2024132512
Jun 20248259
Jul 2024122417
Aug 2024152913
Sep 2024103512
Oct 202492315
Nov 202472412
Dec 20245299
Total 2024117310121
Jan 202582912
Feb 202510886
Mar 20258678
Apr 202561215
May 202562610
Jun 202542713
Jul 202561812
Aug 20255257
Sep 202593812
Oct 2025123211
Nov 2025116422
Dec 2025151
Total 202586431129
Total76321251025
Back to top

In this issue

The Journal of Neuroscience: 32 (25)
Journal of Neuroscience
Vol. 32, Issue 25
20 Jun 2012
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author
  • Advertising (PDF)
  • Ed Board (PDF)
Email

Thank you for sharing this Journal of Neuroscience article.

NOTE: We request your email address only to inform the recipient that it was you who recommended this article, and that it is not junk mail. We do not retain these email addresses.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Contributes to Action Selection through Tracking of Recent Reward Trends
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from Journal of Neuroscience
(Your Name) thought you would be interested in this article in Journal of Neuroscience.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Print
View Full Page PDF
Citation Tools
Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Contributes to Action Selection through Tracking of Recent Reward Trends
Christopher K. Kovach, Nathaniel D. Daw, David Rudrauf, Daniel Tranel, John P. O'Doherty, Ralph Adolphs
Journal of Neuroscience 20 June 2012, 32 (25) 8434-8442; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5468-11.2012

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Respond to this article
Request Permissions
Share
Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Contributes to Action Selection through Tracking of Recent Reward Trends
Christopher K. Kovach, Nathaniel D. Daw, David Rudrauf, Daniel Tranel, John P. O'Doherty, Ralph Adolphs
Journal of Neuroscience 20 June 2012, 32 (25) 8434-8442; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5468-11.2012
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Materials and Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • eLetters
  • PDF

Responses to this article

Respond to this article

Jump to comment:

No eLetters have been published for this article.

Related Articles

Cited By...

More in this TOC Section

Articles

  • Memory Retrieval Has a Dynamic Influence on the Maintenance Mechanisms That Are Sensitive to ζ-Inhibitory Peptide (ZIP)
  • Neurophysiological Evidence for a Cortical Contribution to the Wakefulness-Related Drive to Breathe Explaining Hypocapnia-Resistant Ventilation in Humans
  • Monomeric Alpha-Synuclein Exerts a Physiological Role on Brain ATP Synthase
Show more Articles

Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

  • Influence of Reward on Corticospinal Excitability during Movement Preparation
  • Identification and Characterization of a Sleep-Active Cell Group in the Rostral Medullary Brainstem
  • Gravin Orchestrates Protein Kinase A and β2-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling Critical for Synaptic Plasticity and Memory
Show more Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive
  • Home
  • Alerts
  • Follow SFN on BlueSky
  • Visit Society for Neuroscience on Facebook
  • Follow Society for Neuroscience on Twitter
  • Follow Society for Neuroscience on LinkedIn
  • Visit Society for Neuroscience on Youtube
  • Follow our RSS feeds

Content

  • Early Release
  • Current Issue
  • Issue Archive
  • Collections

Information

  • For Authors
  • For Advertisers
  • For the Media
  • For Subscribers

About

  • About the Journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Privacy Notice
  • Contact
  • Accessibility
(JNeurosci logo)
(SfN logo)

Copyright © 2025 by the Society for Neuroscience.
JNeurosci Online ISSN: 1529-2401

The ideas and opinions expressed in JNeurosci do not necessarily reflect those of SfN or the JNeurosci Editorial Board. Publication of an advertisement or other product mention in JNeurosci should not be construed as an endorsement of the manufacturer’s claims. SfN does not assume any responsibility for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising from or related to any use of any material contained in JNeurosci.