Contextual and social influences on valuation and choice

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 202, Issue , 2013, Pages 215-237

  Engelmann, Jan B ^a   Hein, Grit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Context; Decision making; Neuroeconomics; Social neuroscience; Striatum; Valuation; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INSULA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84872384875     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62604-2.00013-7     Document Type: Chapter

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