Strategic control in decision-making under uncertainty

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1075-1082

  Venkatraman, Vinod ^a   Huettel, Scott A ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive decision making; Cognitive control; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; Functional topography; Hierarchical organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84859308709     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08009.x     Document Type: Article

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