When brain beats behavior: Neuroforecasting crowdfunding outcomes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 36, 2017, Pages 8625-8634

  Genevsky, Alexander ^a,b   Yoon, Carolyn ^c   Knutson, Brian ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumbens; FMRI; Forecasting; Frontal; Human; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUNDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BRAIN; CROWDSOURCING; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LEARNING; MARKETING; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROWDSOURCING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FUND RAISING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MARKETING; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET;

EID: 85029183887     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1633-16.2017     Document Type: Article

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