Why and how to study Theory of Mind with fMRI

Brain Research

Volumn 1079, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Saxe, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; fMRI; Narrative; Regions of interest; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NARRATIVE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33645076512     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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