Matching mind to world and vice versa: Functional dissociations between belief and desire mental state processing

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Abraham, Anna ^a   Rakoczy, Hannes ^b   Werning, Markus ^c   von Cramon, D Yves ^d   Schubotz, Ricarda I ^e  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belief desire reasoning; Folk psychology; Functional neuroimaging; Mentalizing; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; REALITY TESTING; SELF CONCEPT; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950509092     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903166853     Document Type: Article

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