An evolutionarily adaptive neural architecture for social reasoning

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 603-610

  Barbey, Aron K ^a,b   Krueger, Frank ^a   Grafman, Jordan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; ETHICS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MORALITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70449686710     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2009.09.001     Document Type: Review

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