Neural mechanisms of social attention

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-143

  Nummenmaa, Lauri ^a,b   Calder, Andrew J ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY ORIENTATIONS; INTENTIONALITY; MENTAL STATE; NEURAL MECHANISMS; NEURO-IMAGING; PERCEPTION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL SUMMARIES; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAZE; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60849084878     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.12.006     Document Type: Review

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