Right ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices mediate adaptive decisions under ambiguity by integrating choice utility and outcome evaluation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 11020-11028

  Christakou, Anastasia ^a   Brammer, Mick ^a   Giampietro, Vincent ^a   Rubia, Katya ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749128430     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1279-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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