The neurobiology of deception: Evidence from neuroimaging and loss-of-function studies

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 594-600

  Abe, Nobuhito ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deception; Functional MRI; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL LYING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW;

BRAIN MAPPING; DECEPTION; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 74049164071     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328332c3cf     Document Type: Review

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