Neurobiological studies of risk assessment: A comparison of expected utility and mean-variance approaches

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-374

  D'Acremont, Mathieu ^a   Bossaerts, Peter ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NEUROBIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749098586     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.8.4.363     Document Type: Review

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