Striatal BOLD response reflects the impact of herd information on financial decisions

Like other species, humans are sensitive to the decisions and actions of conspecifics, which can lead to herd behavior and undesirable outcomes such as stock market bubbles and bank runs. However, how the brain processes this socially derived influence is only poorly understood. Using functional mag...

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Main Authors: Christopher J Burke, Philippe N Tobler, Wolfram Schultz, Michelle Baddeley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00048/full