The neural substrates of action identification

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-403

  Marsh, Abigail A ^a   Kozak, Megan N ^b   Wegner, Daniel M ^c   Reid, Marguerite E ^d   Yu, Henry H ^d   Blair, R J R ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Action identification; Amygdale; Extrastriate body area; fMRI; Mentalize; Ventral premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 78650626347     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq004     Document Type: Article

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