The neural mechanisms of affect infusion in social economic decision-making: A mediating role of the anterior insula

NeuroImage

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-40

  Harlé, Katia M ^a   Chang, Luke J ^a   van 't Wout, Mascha ^b   Sanfey, Alan G ^a,c,d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior insula; Decision making; FMRI; Mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AFFECT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858976005     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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