Minds, persons, and space: An fMRI investigation into the relational complexity of higher-order intentionality

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 438-450

  Abraham, Anna ^a   Werning, Markus ^b   Rakoczy, Hannes ^c   von Cramon, D Yves ^a,e   Schubotz, Ricarda I ^a,d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intentionality; Mental state reasoning; Mentalizing; Personhood; Relational complexity; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENTIONALITY; MALE; MENTAL STATE REASONING; MENTALIZING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 43849092513     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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