Human brain activity predicts individual differences in prior knowledge use during decisions

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1462-1475

  Hansen, Kathleen A ^a   Hillenbrand, Sarah F ^b   Ungerleider, Leslie G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860353892     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00224     Document Type: Article

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