Neural coding of cooperative vs. affective human interactions: 150 ms to code the action's purpose

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Proverbio, Alice Mado ^a   Riva, Federica ^a   Paganelli, Laura ^a   Cappa, Stefano F ^c   Canessa, Nicola ^c   Perani, Daniela ^c   Zani, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; HUMAN RELATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEURONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960077487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022026     Document Type: Article

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