Body memory, metaphor and movement
by Koch, Sabine
fromAdvances in consciousness research
Encyclopedia of the neurological sciences
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Decision neuroscience: an integrative perspective
Animal studies on rewards, punishments, and decision-making -- Human studies on motivation, perceptual, and value-based decision-making -- Social decision neuroscience -- Human clinical studies involving dysfunctions of reward and decision-making processes -- Genetic and hormona…