Automatic processing of political preferences in the human brain

NeuroImage

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 174-182

  Tusche, Anita ^a,b   Kahnt, Thorsten ^a,c,d   Wisniewski, David ^a,d   Haynes, John Dylan ^a,b,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic valuation; Donations; FMRI; Political preferences; Preference based decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISTRACTIBILITY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FINANCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICAL PREFERENCE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLITICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874547546     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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