Trait inferences in goal-directed behavior: ERP timing and localization under spontaneous and intentional processing

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-190

  Van Overwalle, Frank ^a   Van den Eede, Sofie ^a   Baetens, Kris ^a   Vandekerckhove, Marie ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ERP; LORETA; Medial prefrontal cortex; Spontaneous inferences; Temporo parietal junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749096590     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp003     Document Type: Article

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