Dissociable prefrontal networks for cognitive and affective theory of mind: A lesion study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3054-3067

  Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^a   Aharon Peretz, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective processing; Theory of mind; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548474763     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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