Brain mechanisms involved in decision-making;Mecanismos cerebrales de la toma de decisiones

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 411-418

  Martínez Selva, José María ^a   Sanchez Navarro J P ^a   Bechara, A ^b   Roman F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brain damage; Decision making; Emotion; Iowa Gambling Task; Prefrontal cortex; Somatic marker

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33750140724     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4207.2006161     Document Type: Review

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