Differential involvement of somatosensory and interoceptive cortices during the observation of affective touch

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1808-1822

  Ebisch, Sjoerd J H ^a   Ferri, Francesca ^b   Salone, Anatolia ^a   Perrucci, Mauro Gianni ^a   D'Amico, Luigi ^a   Ferro, Filippo Maria ^a   Romani, Gian Luca ^a   Gallese, Vittorio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SKIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISCERA; VISCERAL AFFERENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955817299     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21551     Document Type: Article

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