Decoupling beliefs from reality in the brain: An ERP study of theory of mind

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 991-995

  Liu, David ^a   Sabbagh, Mark A ^b   Gehring, William J ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Prefrontal cortex; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PHOTIC STIMULATION; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 2342526011     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200404290-00012     Document Type: Article

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