Multi-level comparison of empathy in schizophrenia: An fMRI study of a cartoon task

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-129

  Lee, Seung Jae ^a,b   Kang, Do Hyung ^a   Kim, Chi Won ^a   Gu, Bon Mi ^c   Park, Ji Young ^c   Choi, Chi Hoon ^d   Shin, Na Young ^c   Lee, Jong Min ^e   Kwon, Jun Soo ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^e Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Empathy; fMRI; Schizophrenia; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPATHY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FANTASY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149187347     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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