The neural basis of responsibility attribution in decision-making

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Li, Peng ^a   Shen, Yue ^b   Sui, Xue ^a   Chen, Changming ^c   Feng, Tingyong ^c   Li, Hong ^a   Holroyd, Clay ^d  

^a LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; DORSAL STIRATUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRAISE; PRIDE; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; RESPONSIBILITY ATTRIBUTION; REWARD; RIGHT TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892420019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080389     Document Type: Article

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