A dissociation between social mentalizing and general reasoning

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1589-1599

  Van Overwalle, Frank ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REASONING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; MENTALIZING; PERSONALITY; POSTERIOR MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION; THINKING;

HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 78649650713     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.043     Document Type: Review

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