The distributed neuronal systems supporting choice-making in real-life situations: Differences between men and women when choosing groceries detected using magnetoencephalography

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 293-302

  Braeutigam, Sven ^a   Rose, Steven P R ^a   Swithenby, Stephen J ^a   Ambler, Tim ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice making; Decision; Gender related strategies; MEG; Memory; Semantic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONSUMER; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142770406     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03467.x     Document Type: Article

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