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Prefrontal Cortex Adam Ganik Julia Piskova  Kevin Ilango
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Works Cited  “ADHD Gets Some Attention.”  University of Washington . N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://faculty.washington.edu/‌chudler/‌adhd.html>. Anderson, Steven W., et al. “Impairment of social and moral behavior related to early damage in human prefrontal cortex  .”  Nature Neuroscience . N.p., 1999. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nature.com/‌neuro/‌journal/‌v2/‌n11/‌abs/‌nn1199_1032.html>. Koenigs, Michael, et al. “Damage to the prefrontal cortex increases utilitarian moral judgements.”  Nature . N.p., 19 Apr. 2007. Web. 7 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nature.com/‌nature/‌journal/‌v446/‌n7138/‌abs/‌nature05631.html>. Limb, Charles J., and Allen R. Braun. “Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Musical Performance: An fMRI Study of Jazz Improvisation.”  PLoS ONE . N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.plosone.org/‌article/‌info:doi/‌10.1371/‌journal.pone.0001679>.
Works Cited (cont’d) Moll, Jorge, and Ricardo Oliveira-Souza, de. “When Morality is Hard to Like.”  Scientific American Mind . N.p., 6 Aug. 2007. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.scientificamerican.com/‌blog/‌post.cfm?id=when-morality-is-hard-to-like>. Perlstein, WM, et al. “Relation of prefrontal cortex dysfunction to working memory and symptoms in schizophrenia.”  PubMed . N.p., July 2001. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/‌pubmed/‌11431233>. “Study: Prefrontal Cortex In Jazz Musicians Winds Down When Improvising.”  Scientific Blogging . N.p., 26 Feb. 2008. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.scientificblogging.com/‌news_releases/‌study_prefrontal_cortex_in_jazz_musicians_winds_down_when_improvising>. Swaminathan, Nikhil. “How the Brain Maps Symbols to Numbers .”  Scientific American Mind . N.p., 31 Oct. 2007. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.scientificamerican.com/‌article.cfm?id=how-the-brain-maps-symbol>.

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Prefrontal Cortex

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  • 18. Works Cited “ADHD Gets Some Attention.” University of Washington . N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://faculty.washington.edu/‌chudler/‌adhd.html>. Anderson, Steven W., et al. “Impairment of social and moral behavior related to early damage in human prefrontal cortex .” Nature Neuroscience . N.p., 1999. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nature.com/‌neuro/‌journal/‌v2/‌n11/‌abs/‌nn1199_1032.html>. Koenigs, Michael, et al. “Damage to the prefrontal cortex increases utilitarian moral judgements.” Nature . N.p., 19 Apr. 2007. Web. 7 Apr. 2010. <http://www.nature.com/‌nature/‌journal/‌v446/‌n7138/‌abs/‌nature05631.html>. Limb, Charles J., and Allen R. Braun. “Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Musical Performance: An fMRI Study of Jazz Improvisation.” PLoS ONE . N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.plosone.org/‌article/‌info:doi/‌10.1371/‌journal.pone.0001679>.
  • 19. Works Cited (cont’d) Moll, Jorge, and Ricardo Oliveira-Souza, de. “When Morality is Hard to Like.” Scientific American Mind . N.p., 6 Aug. 2007. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.scientificamerican.com/‌blog/‌post.cfm?id=when-morality-is-hard-to-like>. Perlstein, WM, et al. “Relation of prefrontal cortex dysfunction to working memory and symptoms in schizophrenia.” PubMed . N.p., July 2001. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/‌pubmed/‌11431233>. “Study: Prefrontal Cortex In Jazz Musicians Winds Down When Improvising.” Scientific Blogging . N.p., 26 Feb. 2008. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.scientificblogging.com/‌news_releases/‌study_prefrontal_cortex_in_jazz_musicians_winds_down_when_improvising>. Swaminathan, Nikhil. “How the Brain Maps Symbols to Numbers .” Scientific American Mind . N.p., 31 Oct. 2007. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.scientificamerican.com/‌article.cfm?id=how-the-brain-maps-symbol>.