People thinking about thinking people: The role of the temporo-parietal junction in "theory of mind"

Social Neuroscience: Key Readings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 171-182

  Saxe, R ^a   Kanwisher, N ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

EBA; False belief; FMRI; Mentalising; Social cognitive neuroscience; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949149838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203496190     Document Type: Chapter

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