Neural substrates of interpreting actions and emotions from body postures

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-456

  Kana, Rajesh K ^a   Travers, Brittany G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body language; Emotion; Empathy; fMRI; Gender; Posture

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINESICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859865807     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr022     Document Type: Article

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