Reward skewness coding in the insula independent of probability and loss

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2415-2422

  Burke, Christopher J ^a   Tobler, Philippe N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Mean variance approach; Neuroeconomics; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONDITIONING; CORPUS STRIATUM; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REWARD; REWARD SKEWNESS;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REWARD; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755171267     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00471.2011     Document Type: Article

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