Neurobiological correlates of theory of mind in psychosis proneness

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3715-3724

  Modinos, Gemma ^a,b   Renken, Remco ^a   Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^c   Ormel, Johan ^a   Aleman, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

FMRI; Mentalizing; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROBIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 78149414366     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.09.030     Document Type: Article

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