Temporal pole activity during understanding other persons' mental states correlates with neuroticism trait

Brain Research

Volumn 1328, Issue , 2010, Pages 104-112

  Jimura, Koji ^a   Konishi, Seiki ^a   Asari, Tomoki ^a   Miyashita, Yasushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

False belief; fMRI; Personality; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSONALITY; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CULTURE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950595478     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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