Social cognition and the human brain

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 469-479

  Adolphs, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FACE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0033485514     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(99)01399-6     Document Type: Review

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