Medial prefrontal cortex and cognitive regulation

Psychologia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-109

  Nakao, Takashi ^a,b   Takezawa, Tomohiro ^c   Miyatani, Makoto ^d   Ohira, Hideki ^b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conflict; Emotion; Self; Social decision making; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449161660     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2009.93     Document Type: Article

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