Implicit signals in small group settings and their impact on the expression of cognitive capacity and associated brain responses

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1589, 2012, Pages 704-716

  Kishida, Kenneth T ^a   Yang, Dongni ^c   Quartz, Karen Hunter ^d   Quartz, Steven R ^e   Montague, P Read ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive capacity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Implicit signaling; Intelligence quotient; Prediction error; Small group interaction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; CULTURAL CONFLICT; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; NEUROLOGY; SIGNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84856027203     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0267     Document Type: Article

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