Social status modulates neural activity in the mentalizing network

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1771-1777

  Muscatell, Keely A ^a   Morelli, Sylvia A ^a   Falk, Emily B ^b   Way, Baldwin M ^c   Pfeifer, Jennifer H ^d   Galinsky, Adam D ^e   Lieberman, Matthew D ^a   Dapretto, Mirella ^a,f   Eisenberger, Naomi I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Mentalizing; SES; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857712647     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.080     Document Type: Article

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