The neural basis of risk ratings: Evidence from a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3242-3250

  Vorhold, V ^a   Giessing, C ^a   Wiedemann, P M ^a   Schutz H ^a   Gauggel, S ^b   Fink, G R ^a,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cerebellum; Inferior frontal gyrus; Judgment; Medial prefrontal cortex; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 34948858472     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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