Neural Mechanisms Underlying Paradoxical Performance for Monetary Incentives Are Driven by Loss Aversion

Neuron

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 582-594

  Chib, Vikram S ^a   De Martino, Benedetto ^a,b   Shimojo, Shinsuke ^a   O'Doherty, John P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; OXYGEN; RISK-TAKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860694642     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.02.038     Document Type: Article

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