The neural basis of social influence and attitude change

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 456-462

  Izuma, Keise ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 84878357999     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.03.009     Document Type: Review

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