Great expectations: What can fMRI research tell us about psychological phenomena?

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-16

  Aue, Tatjana ^a,b   Lavelle, Leah A ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH;

EID: 67349189841     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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