Neural systems for guilt from actions affecting self versus others

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 683-692

  Morey, Rajendra A ^a,b,c   McCarthy, Gregory ^c,d   Selgrade, Elizabeth S ^a,c   Seth, Srishti ^a,c   Nasser, Jessica D ^a,c   LaBar, Kevin S ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Guilt; Perspective taking; Social emotions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; ANTERIOR INFERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

BRAIN; GUILT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856084255     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.12.069     Document Type: Article

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