Risk and reward are processed differently in decisions made under stress

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Mather, Mara ^a   Lighthall, Nichole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

choice; decision making; impulsivity; reward learning; risk taking; stress; valuation; ventral and dorsal striatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856446242     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411429452     Document Type: Article

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