Is it about the self or the significance? an fMRI study of self-name recognition

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-107

  Tacikowski, P ^a   Brechmann, A ^b   Marchewka, A ^a   Jednorog K ^a   Dobrowolny, M ^b   Nowicka, A ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI; Right inferior frontal gyrus; Self recognition; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NAMES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79551716829     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2010.490665     Document Type: Article

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