Watching cartoons activates the medial prefrontal cortex in children

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3371-3375

  Han, ShiHui ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartoon; Children; FMRI; MPFC; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749055318     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0505-5     Document Type: Article

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