Social cognition in individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-308

  Symington, Scott H ^a   Paul, Lynn K ^a   Symington, Melissa F ^a   Ono, Makoto ^a   Brown, Warren S ^a  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenesis of the corpus callosum; Nonliteral language; Social inference; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953512862     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903462419     Document Type: Article

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