Activity in ventromedial prefrontal cortex during self-related processing: Positive subjective value or personal significance?

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 494-500

  Kim, Kyungmi ^a   Johnson, Marcia K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal significance; Self; Self related processing; Subjective value; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vMPFC)

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926505976     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu078     Document Type: Article

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