The posterior superior temporal sulcus is sensitive to the outcome of human and non-human goal-directed actions

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 602-611

  Shultz, Sarah ^a,b   Lee, Su Mei ^a,b   Pelphrey, Kevin ^a,b   Mccarthy, Gregory ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animacy; Biological motion; Goal directed action; Social perception; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054765593     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq087     Document Type: Article

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