The neuronal substrate of risky choice: An insight into the contributions of neuroimaging to the understanding of theories on decision making under risk

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1128, Issue , 2008, Pages 41-52

  Vorhold, Verena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; fMRI; Neuroeconomics; Risk

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROECONOMICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 43249098276     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1399.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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