Prefrontal brain activity predicts temporally extended decision-making behavior

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 537-554

  Yarkoni, Tal ^a,c   Braver, Todd S ^a   Gray, Jeremy R ^b   Green, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain behaviour; Choice; Decision making; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Humans; Maximizing; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; STATISTICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644767291     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.121-04     Document Type: Review

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