The neural basis of belief updating and rational decision making

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-62

  Achtziger, Anja ^a   Alós Ferrer, Carlos ^b   Hügelschäfer, Sabine ^b   Steinhauser, Marco ^b  

^a ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Conservatism; LRP; N2; Representativeness heuristic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN UPDATING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSERVATISM; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LRP; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRESENTATIVENESS HEURISTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

BAYESIAN UPDATING; CONSERVATISM; LRP; REPRESENTATIVENESS HEURISTIC;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891301860     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss099     Document Type: Article

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