Sleep deprivation alters valuation signals in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Sleep deprivation alters valuation signals in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Even a single night of total sleep-deprivation (SD) can have dramatic effects on economic decision making. Here we tested the novel hypothesis that SD influences economic decisions by altering the valuation process. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we identified value signals relat...

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Main Authors: Camilo eLibedinsky, David Victor Smith, Chieh Schen Teng, Praneeth eNamburi, Vanessa W Chen, Scott A Huettel, Michael W L Chee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
decision-making
Reward
social
valuation
Sleep-deprivation
vmPFC
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00070/full

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