Dorsal anterior cingulate and ventromedial prefrontal cortex have inverse roles in both foraging and economic choice

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1127-1139

  Shenhav, Amitai ^a,b   Straccia, Mark A ^a,c   Botvinick, Matthew M ^a   Cohen, Jonathan D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive control; decision making; prefrontal cortex; reward

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984791857     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-016-0458-8     Document Type: Article

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