A large proportion of human social neuroscience research has focused on the issue of
decision-making. Impaired decision-making is a symptomatic feature of a number of …

Disadvantageous decision making is cited as one of the premier problems in childhood
development, underlying risky behavior and causing adolescents to make poor choices that …

Internet addiction is currently considered a worldwide problem, with a possible impact on
mental health. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of internet gaming disorder …

Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing
feelings and is associated with psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders. The mechanisms …

A successor to the acclaimed Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex, Understanding the
Prefrontal Cortex presents a careful study of the anatomical connections in this brain region …

This paper presents a coherent account of the role of the insular cortex (IC) in decision-
making. We follow a conceptualization of decision-making that is very close to one …

Though emotions have been shown to have sometimes dramatic effects on decision-
making, the neural mechanisms mediating these biases are relatively unexplored. Here, we …

Background Decision-making and impulse control (both cognitive and motor) are complex
interrelated processes which rely on a distributed neural network that includes multiple …

Impulsivity, defined as the tendency to act without foresight, comprises a multitude of
constructs and is associated with a variety of psychiatric disorders. Dissecting different …

The goal of this study was to investigate the neural correlates of affective decision making,
as measured by the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), which are associated with adolescent binge …