Towards a functional neuroanatomy of self processing: Effects of faces and words

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 133-144

  Kircher, Tilo T J ^a,c   Senior, Carl ^a   Phillips, Mary L ^a   Benson, Philip J ^b   Bullmore, Edward T ^a   Brammer, Mick ^a   Simmons, Andrew ^a   Williams, Steven C R ^a   Bartels, Mathias ^c   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Familiar faces; Limbic system; Overlearned faces; Self; Self awareness; Self recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EGO; FACE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0033828180     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(00)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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