Neural representations of social status hierarchy in human inferior parietal cortex

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-363

  Chiao, Joan Y ^a,b   Harada, Tokiko ^a   Oby, Emily R ^b   Li, Zhang ^a   Parrish, Todd ^c   Bridge, Donna J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Inferior parietal cortex; Number; Semantic distance effect; Social comparison; Social neuroscience; Social status hierarchy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; FACE; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849124559     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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