Neural representations of close others in collectivistic brains

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-229

  Wang, Gang ^a   Mao, Lihua ^a   Ma, Yina ^a   Yang, Xuedong ^b   Cao, Jingqian ^a   Liu, Xi ^a   Wang, Jinzhao ^a   Wang, Xiaoying ^b   Han, Shihui ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Close other; FMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; FATHER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FATHERS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTHERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857012706     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr002     Document Type: Article

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