Behavioral and neural correlates of loss aversion and risk avoidance in adolescents and adults

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-83

  Barkley Levenson, Emily E ^a   Van Leijenhorst, Linda ^a,b   Galván, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Decision making; Development; fMRI; Loss aversion; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY; REWARD; RISK; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871257711     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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