FMRI item analysis in a theory of mind task

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 705-712

  Dodell Feder, David ^a   Koster Hale, Jorie ^b   Bedny, Marina ^b   Saxe, Rebecca ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Item analysis; Social cognition; Temporo parietal junction; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551643897     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.040     Document Type: Article

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