The role of the anterior cingulate cortex in women's sexual decision making

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-47

  Rupp, Heather A ^a   James, Thomas W ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a   Janssen, Erick ^a   Heiman, Julia R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Decision making; Mate choice; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONDOM; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749104119     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.083     Document Type: Article

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