Socially tuned: Brain responses differentiating human and animal motion

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-310

  Kaiser, Martha D ^a   Shiffrar, Maggie ^b   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological motion; fMRI; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860348232     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.614003     Document Type: Article

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