Neural correlates of Machiavellian strategies in a social dilemma task

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-116

  Bereczkei, Tamas ^a   Deak, Anita ^a   Papp, Peter ^a   Perlaki, Gabor ^a   Orsi, Gergely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Inferior and middle frontal gyrus; Manipulative behavior; Thalamus; Trust Game

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; SOCIAL COGNITION; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 84875867015     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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