Ventromedial prefrontal volume predicts understanding of others and social network size

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1624-1629

  Lewis, Penelope A ^a,b   Rezaie, Roozbeh ^c   Brown, Rachel ^d   Roberts, Neil ^e   Dunbar, R I M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intentionality; Social brain; Theory of Mind; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; THEORY OF MIND; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960273974     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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