Probing the Neural Basis of Superstition

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	Probing the Neural Basis of Superstition
	Rao, Li-Lin1,2 ; Zheng, Yu3 ; Zhou, Yuan1,2 ; Li, Shu1,2,4
刊名	BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY
	2014-11-01
卷号	27 期号:6 页码:766-770
关键词	Superstition Lucky number fMRI Superstitious belief
ISSN号	0896-0267
英文摘要	Despite much evidence questioning its validity, superstitious belief continues to be rooted in the human mind. We used functional MRI to directly compare participants' neural responses to monetary attractiveness with their responses to the value of an auspicious date. We found that the right middle/superior frontal gyrus showed greater deactivation whenever an auspicious-based choice was made and that the contrast between the auspicious-based and economics-based choices was negatively correlated with the participants' rated wedding date-related superstitious belief, suggesting that a specific brain region carries decision signals which contribute to making decisions based on superstition and may be able to account for individual differences in superstitious behavior. The present investigation helps to reveal how the brain handles superstition.
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000344531900004
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/13481]
专题	心理研究所_中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Magnet Resonance Imaging Res Ctr, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Shandong Youth Univ Polit Sci, Jinan 250103, Peoples R China 4.Jinan Univ, Sch Management, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rao, Li-Lin,Zheng, Yu,Zhou, Yuan,et al. Probing the Neural Basis of Superstition[J]. BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY,2014,27(6):766-770.
APA	Rao, Li-Lin,Zheng, Yu,Zhou, Yuan,&Li, Shu.(2014).Probing the Neural Basis of Superstition.BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY,27(6),766-770.
MLA	Rao, Li-Lin,et al."Probing the Neural Basis of Superstition".BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY 27.6(2014):766-770.