Neuroscience of decision making / / edited by Oshin Vartanian & David R. Mandel

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.83; 616.8
• Soggetto topico: Decision making
• Altri autori: MandelDavid R. <1966-> VartanianOshin <1970->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Theoretical models -- section 2. Risk and uncertainty -- section 3. Reward and loss -- section 4. Cooperation and trust -- section 5. Goal-directed decision making.
• Sommario/riassunto: The intersection between the fields of behavioral decision research and neuroscience has proved to be fertile ground for interdisciplinary research. Whereas the former is rich in formalized models of choice, the latter is rife with techniques for testing behavioral models at the brain level. As a result, there has been the rapid emergence of progressively more sophisticated biological models of choice, geared toward the development of ever more complete mechanistic models of behavior.This volume provides a coherent framework for distilling some of the key themes that have emerged as
• Titolo autorizzato: Neuroscience of decision making
• ISBN: 1-136-85986-1; 1-283-10504-7; 9786613105042; 1-136-85987-X; 0-203-83592-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963811603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary topics in cognitive neuroscience series.