Contributions of the prefrontal cortex to the neural basis of human decision making

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 631-664

  Krawczyk, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Binary choice; Decision making; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Frontal lobes; Gambling tasks; Orbitofrontal cortex; Reversal learning; Reward processing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMOTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; RISK;

EID: 0036818184     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00021-0     Document Type: Review

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