humans with damage to these cortical systems involved in evaluating reward can make remarkable poor decisions, showing very little regard for the likely consequences of there behaviors. Patient EVR experienced damage to his orbitofrontal cortex during surgery for a tumor. Although he was previously considered a role model in his community, EVR's decision-making skills changed radically following his surgery. he lost his job,went bankrupt,divorced his wife, and married a prostitute (Eslinger & Damasio, 1985)