Fast and automatic activation of an abstract representation of money in the human ventral visual pathway.

Money, when used as an incentive, activates the same neural circuits as rewards associated with physiological needs. However, unlike physiological rewards, monetary stimuli are cultural artifacts: how are monetary stimuli identified in the first place? How and when does the brain identify a valid co...

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Main Authors: Catherine Tallon-Baudry, Florent Meyniel, Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22140556/pdf/?tool=EBI