Distinct regions of the medial prefrontal cortex are associated with self-referential processing and perspective taking

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 935-944

  D'Argembeau, Arnaud ^a   Ruby, Perrine ^a,b   Collette, Fabienne ^a   Degueldre, Christian ^a   Balteau, Evelyne ^a   Luxen, André ^a   Maquet, Pierre ^a   Salmon, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 34249815798     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.6.935     Document Type: Article

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