Ventromedial prefrontal cortex mediates guessing

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-411

  Elliott, R ^a   Rees, G ^a   Dolan, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Orbitofrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033033437     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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