Risky business: Disambiguating ambiguity-related responses in the brain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 645-647

  O'Neill, Martin ^a   Kobayashi, Shunsuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNCERTAINTY;

BRAIN; ELECTROSHOCK; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PROBABILITY; RISK; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 68149158993     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00406.2009     Document Type: Short Survey

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