Recruitment of both the mirror and the mentalizing networks when observing social interactions depicted by point-lights: A neuroimaging study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Centelles, Laurie ^a,b   Assaiante, Christine ^a   Nazarian, Bruno ^c   Anton, Jean Luc ^c   Schmitz, Christina ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitairedela Timone   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; THEORY OF MIND; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251552303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015749     Document Type: Article

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