Brain basis of human social interaction: From concepts to brain imaging

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 453-479

  Hari, Riitta ^a   Kujala, Miiamaaria V ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COGNITION; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; FACE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS;

BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 67649970590     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: 15221210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00041.2007     Document Type: Review

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