The neural implementation of multi-attribute decision making: A parametric fMRI study with human subjects

NeuroImage

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1380-1388

  Zysset, Stefan ^a,b   Wendt, Cornelia S ^a,b   Volz, Kirsten G ^a,b   Neumann, Jane ^a,b   Huber, Oswald ^a,b   von Cramon, D Yves ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; fMRI; Frontolateral cortex; Parametric modulation; Two level model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33744901942     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.01.017     Document Type: Article

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