Social economic decision-making across the lifespan: An fMRI investigation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1416-1424

  Harle Katia M K M ^a,b   Sanfey, Alan G ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Insula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAME; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL GYRUS; MALE; MONEY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOKEN ECONOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861226064     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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