Economic decision-making in psychopathy: A comparison with ventromedial prefrontal lesion patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2198-2204

  Koenigs, Michael ^a   Kruepke, Michael ^b   Newman, Joseph P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Lesion; Neuroeconomics; Prefrontal cortex; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN INJURIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953024558     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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