Anterior cingulate cortex and intuitive bias detection during number conservation

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 158-168

  Simon, Grégory ^a,b,c   Lubin, Amélie ^a,b,c   Houdé, Olivier ^a,b,c,d   de Neys, Wim ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Bias detection; Cingulate; Number

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BIAS DETECTION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE BIAS; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTUITION; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUMBER CONSERVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ASSOCIATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84954404091     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2015.1036847     Document Type: Article

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