The role of ventromendial prefrontal cortex in emotional decision-making;Funciones de la corteza prefrontal ventromedial en la toma de decisiones emocionales

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 285-313

  Contreras, David ^a   Catena, Andrés ^a   Cándido, Antonio ^a   Perales, José C ^a   Maldonado, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emotion; Theoretical study; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649088944     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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