A neuropsychological perspective on the role of the prefrontal cortex in reward processing and decision-making

Handbook of Reward and Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 291-306

  Hernandez, Michael ^a   Denburg, Natalie L ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374620-7.00013-3     Document Type: Chapter

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