Stimulating the brain to study social interactions and empathy

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-102

  Hétu, Sébastien ^a,b   Taschereau Dumouchel, Vincent ^a,b,c   Jackson, Philip L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empathy; Prosocial interaction; rTMS; Social cognition; tDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPATHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MENTAL DISEASE; MIRROR NEURON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84861234508     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.03.005     Document Type: Review

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