Posterior cingulate activation during moral dilemma in adolescents

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 910-921

  Pujol, Jesus ^a,e   Reixach, Jordi ^a   Harrison, Ben J ^a,b   Timoneda Gallart, Carme ^c   Vilanova, Joan C ^d   Pérez Alvarez, Federico ^d  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^e Institut d'Alta Tecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cingulate cortex; Emotion; fMRI; Limbic system; Maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATURATION; MORALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORALS;

EID: 48949091140     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20436     Document Type: Article

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