Common and distinct neural networks for false-belief reasoning and inhibitory control

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1705-1713

  Rothmayr, Christoph ^a   Sodian, Beate ^b   Hajak, Göran ^a   Döhnel, Katrin ^a   Meinhardt, Jörg ^b   Sommer, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belief reasoning; FMRI; Inhibitory control; Mentalizing; Temporo parietal junction; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL BONE; THEORY OF MIND; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955471602     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.052     Document Type: Article

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