The control of mimicry by eye contact is mediated by medial prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 12001-12010

  Wang, Yin ^a   Ramsey, Richard ^a   de C Hamilton, Antonia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CONTACT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MIMICRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051768191     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0845-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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