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A Causal Role for Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex in Choice-Induced Preference Change

Keise Izuma, Shyam Akula, Kou Murayama, Daw-An Wu, Marco Iacoboni and Ralph Adolphs
Journal of Neuroscience 25 February 2015, 35 (8) 3598-3606; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4591-14.2015
Keise Izuma
1Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125,
2Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Machida, Tokyo 194-8610, Japan,
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Shyam Akula
3Departments of Genetics and Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110,
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Kou Murayama
4Department of Psychology, University of Reading, Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AL, United Kingdom, and
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Daw-An Wu
1Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125,
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Marco Iacoboni
5Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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Ralph Adolphs
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4591-14.2015
PubMed 
25716858
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History 
  • Received November 5, 2014
  • Revision received January 6, 2015
  • Accepted January 16, 2015
  • First published February 25, 2015.
  • Version of record published February 25, 2015.
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Author Information

  1. Keise Izuma1,2,
  2. Shyam Akula3,
  3. Kou Murayama4,
  4. Daw-An Wu1,
  5. Marco Iacoboni5, and
  6. Ralph Adolphs1
  1. 1Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125,
  2. 2Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Machida, Tokyo 194-8610, Japan,
  3. 3Departments of Genetics and Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110,
  4. 4Department of Psychology, University of Reading, Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AL, United Kingdom, and
  5. 5Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: K.I., S.A., K.M., M.I., and R.A. designed research; K.I., S.A., and D.-A.W. performed research; K.I. and S.A. analyzed data; K.I., S.A., D.-A.W., and R.A. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received November 5, 2014.
    • Revision received January 6, 2015.
    • Accepted January 16, 2015.
  • This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellows (to K.I.) and a Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (to S.A.). We thank Kevin Yang for help with pilot data collection and Ryuta Aoki for helpful comments on the manuscript.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Keise Izuma, Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK. keise.izuma{at}york.ac.uk

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Keise Izuma, Shyam Akula, Kou Murayama, Daw-An Wu, Marco Iacoboni, Ralph Adolphs
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Journal of Neuroscience 25 February 2015, 35 (8) 3598-3606; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4591-14.2015
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