Causal role of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in human perceptual decision making

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 980-983

  Philiastides, Marios G ^a,b,c   Auksztulewicz, Ryszard ^d   Heekeren, Hauke R ^a,b,c   Blankenburg, Felix ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 79958061876     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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