Ventromedial frontal lobe damage disrupts value maximization in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7527-7532

  Camille, Nathalie ^a   Griffiths, Cathryn A ^a   Vo, Khoi ^b   Fellows, Lesley K ^a   Kable, Joseph W ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79956315717     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6527-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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