Exploring the neural correlates of goal-directed action and intention understanding

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1634-1642

  Carter, Elizabeth J ^a,b   Hodgins, Jessica K ^b,c   Rakison, David H ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Biological motion; FMRI; Goals; Intention; Posterior superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649639738     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.08.077     Document Type: Article

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