Anxiety and decision-making

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-118

  Hartley, Catherine A ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; anxiety; decision making; fear conditioning; neuroeconomics; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANXIETY; BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FEAR; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84862844752     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.12.027     Document Type: Review

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