The uncertainty of it all

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 499-500

  Whalen, Paul J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RATS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

THREAT ASSESSMENT; UNPREDICTABLE FASHION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALERTNESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAZE TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENSORY CORTEX; SHORT SURVEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THREAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; HUMANS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 36549022963     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.08.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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