What might have been? The role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and lateral orbitofrontal cortex in counterfactual emotions and choice

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-86

  Levens, Sara M ^a   Larsen, Jeff T ^b   Bruss, Joel ^c   Tranel, Daniel ^c   Bechara, Antoine ^d   Mellers, Barbara A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfactual comparison; Decision making; Emotion; OFC; Regret; VMPFC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAMBLING; HUMAN; LATERAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; REGRET; REWARD; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

COUNTERFACTUAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; OFC; REGRET; VMPFC;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892460321     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.10.026     Document Type: Article

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