The neural encoding of guesses in the human brain

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1924-1931

  Bode, Stefan ^a,b,c   Bogler, Carsten ^a,b   Soon, Chun Siong ^a,d,e   Haynes, John Dylan ^a,b,d,f  

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

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Free decisions; Guessing; Multivariate decoding; Precuneus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISIBILITY; VISION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 83055188057     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.08.106     Document Type: Article

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