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  • Cognitive Science
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is crucial for flexible, goal-directed behavior.
  • It integrates sensory, emotional, and cognitive signals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review evidence on the OFC's role in emotional regulation, social behavior, and decision-making.
  • To explore OFC's function in affective-cognitive integration.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesized findings from lesion studies, neuroimaging, and intracranial recordings/stimulations.
  • Reviewed evidence on OFC's evaluation of hedonic valence across sensory modalities.

Main Results:

  • OFC lesions cause affective disturbances and impaired adaptation.
  • OFC processes emotional expressions, social cues, and contributes to subjective experience.
  • OFC alterations are found in depression, OCD, BPD, and addiction.

Conclusions:

  • The OFC is a key hub for affective-cognitive integration.
  • OFC dysfunction underlies symptoms in various neuropsychiatric disorders.
  • The OFC is a potential target for neuromodulatory interventions.