Waves of regret: A meg study of emotion and decision-making

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-51

  Giorgetta, Cinzia ^a,b   Grecucci, Alessandro ^a   Bonini, Nicolao ^a   Coricelli, Giorgio ^a,c,d   Demarchi, Gianpaolo ^a   Braun, Christoph ^a,e   Sanfey, Alan G ^a,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g The University of Arizona   (United States)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agency; Disappointment; Feedback; Magnetoencephalography; Regret

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN REGION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870510210     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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