Neural basis of deciding, choosing and acting

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-42

  Schall, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THINKING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEURONS; THINKING;

EID: 0035230217     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35049054     Document Type: Article

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