How instructions modify perception: An fMRI study investigating brain areas involved in attributing human agency

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 389-400

  Stanley, James ^a   Gowen, Emma ^b   Miall, R Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Biological motion; Mirror neurons; Paracingulate cortex; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953565993     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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