The power of simulation: Imagining one's own and other's behavior

Brain Research

Volumn 1079, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-14

  Decety, Jean ^a   Grèzes, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Empathy; Functional neuroimaging; Intersubjectivity; Self agency; Shared representation; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SIMULATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PAIN; PERCEPTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33645069410     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.12.115     Document Type: Article

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