Review. Neural correlates of economic game playing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1511, 2008, Pages 3859-3874

  Krueger, Frank ^a,b   Grafman, Jordan ^a   McCabe, Kevin ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Game theory; Neuroeconomics; Oxytocin; Reward; Social; Trust

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ECOREGION; GAME THEORY; HOMINID; HORMONE; IMAGING METHOD; NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; GAME; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 57349159332     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0165     Document Type: Review

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