The neural basis of cultural differences in delay discounting

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1589, 2012, Pages 650-656

  Kim, Bokyung ^a   Sung, Young Shin ^b   McClure, Samuel M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cultural neuroscience; Delay discounting; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Posterior parietal cortex; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL CONFLICT; CULTURAL TRADITION; NEUROLOGY;

KOREA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84862909165     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0292     Document Type: Article

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