Decision making in the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART): Anterior cingulate cortex signals loss aversion but not the infrequency of risky choices

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-490

  Fukunaga, Rena ^a   Brown, Joshua W ^a   Bogg, Tim ^b  

^a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulate; Decision making; FMRI; Inferior frontal gyrus; Loss aversion signals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870933595     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0102-1     Document Type: Article

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