The orbitofrontal cortex, real-world decision making, and normal aging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1121, Issue , 2007, Pages 480-498

  Denburg, Natalie L ^a,d   Cole, Catherine A ^b   Hernandez, Michael ^a   Yamada, Torricia H ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a   Bechara, Antoine ^c   Wallace, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Frontal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AGING; AMBIGUITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FORGERY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; RISK;

EID: 37549007085     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1401.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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