Familiarity modulates mirror neuron and mentalizing regions during intention understanding

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1986-1997

  Liew, Sook Lei ^a   Han, Shihui ^b   Aziz Zadeh, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Familiarity; FMRI; Gestures; Mentalizing; Mirror neuron system; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTURE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTATIVE MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; RACE; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053075745     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21164     Document Type: Article

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