Asymmetric frontal cortical activity predicts effort expenditure for reward

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1015-1019

  Hughes, David M ^a   Yates, Mark J ^a   Morton, Emma E ^b   Smillie, Luke D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Cost benefit decision making; EEfRT; Individual differences; Left frontal cortical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936937567     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu149     Document Type: Article

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