Differential engagement of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex by goal-directed and habitual behavior toward food pictures in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 11330-11338

  De Wit, Sanne ^a,b   Corlett, Philip R ^b,c   Aitken, Mike R ^d   Dickinson, Anthony ^d   Fletcher, Paul C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities   (United States)

^d University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABIT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FOOD; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349123547     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1639-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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