The role of emotion in decision making: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 260-264

  Naqvi, Nasir ^a   Shiv, Baba ^b   Bechara, Antoine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emotion; Frontal lobes; Neuroeconomics; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751270663     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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