Diagnostic value underlies asymmetric updating of impressions in the morality and ability domains

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 19406-19415

  Mende Siedlecki, Peter ^a   Baron, Sean G ^a   Todorov, Alexander ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORALITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIMULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS;

EID: 84889786027     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2334-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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