Relating introspective accuracy to individual differences in brain structure

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5998, 2010, Pages 1541-1543

  Fleming, Stephen M ^a   Weil, Rimona S ^a,b   Nagy, Zoltan ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a   Rees, Geraint ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HOMINID; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEUROLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTRATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INTROSPECTION; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THINKING; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ROC CURVE; THINKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956665240     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1191883     Document Type: Article

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