Contributions of subregions of the prefrontal cortex to the theory of mind and decision making

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 587-593

  Xi, Chunhua ^a   Zhu, Youling ^a   Niu, Chaoshi ^b   Zhu, Chunyan ^a   Lee, Tatia M C ^c   Tian, Yanghua ^a   Wang, Kai ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cognition; Decision making; Prefrontal cortex; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 79955725338     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.09.031     Document Type: Article

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