The default network distinguishes construals of proximal versus distal events

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2945-2955

  Tamir, Diana I ^a   Mitchell, Jason P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860400037     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00009     Document Type: Article

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