Predicting Future Rewards

Goal-directed behavior affects all aspects of society, but unraveling which brain areas are responsible remains a challenge. In their Perspective, [Richmond][1] and colleagues discuss new work ([ Matsumoto et al .][2]) showing that the lateral and medial prefrontal cortex of monkey brain controls several different aspects of goal-directed behavior. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/301/5630/179 [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/301/5630/229

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