Activity in ventromedial prefrontal cortex co-varies with revealed social preferences: Evidence for person-invariant value

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 464-469

  Zaki, Jamil ^a   López, Gilberto ^b   Mitchell, Jason P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Decision making; Prosociality; Value; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898803344     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst005     Document Type: Article

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