The Trust Game in neuroscience: A short review

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 407-416

  Tzieropoulos, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Neuroeconomics; Neuroimaging; Review; Trust game

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TRUST; PSYCHOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEUROSCIENCES; TRUST;

EID: 84884357128     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2013.832375     Document Type: Review

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