Assessing the neural correlates of self-enhancement bias: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-385

  Kwan, Virginia S Y ^a   Barrios, Veronica ^b   Ganis, Giorgio ^c   Gorman, Jamie ^b   Lange, Claudia ^b   Kumar, Monisha ^b,d   Shepard, Alejandro ^b,e   Keenan, Julian Paul ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial prefrontal cortex; Self deception; Self enhancement; Self perception; TMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34548562453     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0992-2     Document Type: Article

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