Neuronal substrates of gaze following in monkeys

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1732-1738

  Kamphuis, Simone ^a   Dicke, Peter W ^a   Thier, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Functional fMRI; Joint attention; Social cognition; Superior temporal sulcus; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 64849108812     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06730.x     Document Type: Article

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