Interacting minds - A biological basis

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5445, 1999, Pages 1692-1695

  Frith, Chris D ^a   Frith, Uta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DECEPTION; HUMANS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033607509     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5445.1692     Document Type: Review

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