The root of all value: A neural common currency for choice

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1027-1038

  Levy, Dino J ^a   Glimcher, Paul W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REWARD;

EID: 84878186347     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.06.001     Document Type: Review

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