Does medial prefrontal cortex activity during self-knowledge reference reflect the uniqueness of self-knowledge?

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-84

  Nakao, Takashi ^a   Miyatani, Makoto ^b   Nakao, Mizuki ^b   Takezawa, Tomohiro ^c   Maruishi, Masaharu ^d   Muranaka, Hiroyuki ^d   Dojo, Hirofumi ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^d Hiroshima Prefectural Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotion; Medial prefrontal cortex; Other knowledge; Self knowledge; Self monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549122990     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2009.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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