Perspective-taking as part of narrative comprehension: A functional MRI study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 813-824

  Mano, Yoko ^a,b   Harada, Tokiko ^a   Sugiura, Motoaki ^a   Saito, Daisuke N ^a,c   Sadato, Norihiro ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotional comprehension; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Perspective taking; Posterior cingulate cortex (PCC); Precuneus; Temporo parietal junction (TPJ)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749089083     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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