Theory of mind in schizophrenia: Exploring neural mechanisms of belief attribution

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 569-581

  Lee, Junghee ^a,b   Quintana, Javier ^a,b   Nori, Poorang ^a,b   Green, Michael F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief attribution; fMRI; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857382399     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.620774     Document Type: Article

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