A common neural system mediating two different forms of social judgement

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1183-1192

  Hall, J ^a   Whalley, H C ^a   McKirdy, J W ^a   Sprengelmeyer, R ^b   Santos, I M ^c   Donaldson, D I ^d   McGonigle, D J ^e   Young, A W ^f   McIntosh, A M ^a   Johnstone, E C ^a   Lawrie, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Faces; FMRI; Prefrontal cortex; Social

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77956630002     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709991395     Document Type: Article

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