The known unknowns: Neural representation of second-order uncertainty, and ambiguity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4811-4820

  Bach, Dominik R ^a   Hulme, Oliver ^a   Penny, William D ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955743068     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1452-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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