Frames, biases and rational decision-making in the human brain

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5787, 2006, Pages 684-687

  De Martino, Benedetto ^a   Kumaran, Dharshan ^a   Seymour, Ben ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MODELS; DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGY;

AMYGDALA; HUMAN BRAIN; NEUROBIOLOGY;

BRAIN;

BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NEUROLOGY;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 33746896990     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1128356     Document Type: Article

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