Neural bases of falsification in conditional proposition testing: Evidence from an fMRI study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-256

  Liu, JiMei ^a,b   Zhang, Meng ^a,b   Jou, Jerwen ^c   Wu, Xin ^a,b   Li, Wei ^a,b   Qiu, Jiang ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional proposition testing; Falsification; FMRI; Left middle frontal gyrus; Medial frontal gyrus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865365746     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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