The neurobiological foundations of valuation in human decision making under uncertainty

Neuroeconomics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 353-365

  Bossaerts, Peter ^a   Preuschoff, Kerstin ^b   Hsu, Ming ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84882556954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374176-9.00023-3     Document Type: Chapter

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