Updating beliefs for a decision: Neural correlates of uncertainty and underconfidence

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8032-8041

  Stern, Emily R ^a   Gonzalez, Richard ^b   Welsh, Robert C ^a,c   Taylor, Stephan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77953520994     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4729-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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