'Eavesdropping' on social interactions biases threat perception in visuospatial pathways

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Lloyd, Donna M ^a   Morrison, C India ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fMRI; Interpersonal space; Posterior parietal cortex; Social interaction; Temporal occipital junction; Visual threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THREAT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 38149000223     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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