Understanding other minds: Linking developmental psychology and functional neuroimaging

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2004, Pages 87-124

  Saxe, R ^a   Carey, S ^a   Kanwisher, N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Mentalizing; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842537979     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.142044     Document Type: Article

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