The neural correlates of reasoning about prosocial-helping decisions: An event-related brain potentials study

Brain Research

Volumn 1369, Issue , 2011, Pages 140-148

  Chiu Loke, Ivy ^a   Evans, Angela D ^a   Lee, Kang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; Helping decision; Neural correlate; Prosocial reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651113238     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.109     Document Type: Article

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