Neural affective mechanisms predict market-level microlending

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1411-1422

  Genevsky, Alexander ^a   Knutson, Brian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Affect; FMRI; Human; Microlending; Preference; Prosocial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946868510     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615588467     Document Type: Article

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