Abnormal causal attribution leads to advantageous economic decision-making: A neuropsychological approach

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1372-1382

  Koscik, Timothy R ^a,b   Tranel, Daniel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INVESTMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879973862     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00398     Document Type: Article

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