Informational and Normative Influences in Conformity from a Neurocomputational Perspective

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 579-589

  Toelch, Ulf ^a,b   Dolan, Raymond J ^a,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational model; Conformity; FMRI; Information; Norms; Reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONFORMITY; FMRI; INFORMATION; NORMS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VENTRAL STRIATUM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL NORM;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL NORMS;

EID: 84942102349     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.07.007     Document Type: Review

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