Asymmetric functional roles of right and left ventromedial prefrontal cortices in social conduct, decision-making, and emotional processing

Cortex

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 589-612

  Tranel, Daniel ^a   Bechara, Antoine ^a   Denburg, Natalie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Emotion; Gambling; Prefrontal cortex; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036758551     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70024-8     Document Type: Article

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