Multiple roles for executive control in belief-desire reasoning: Distinct neural networks are recruited for self perspective inhibition and complexity of reasoning

NeuroImage

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 921-930

  Hartwright, Charlotte E ^a   Apperly, Ian A ^a   Hansen, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive control; Inferior frontal gyrus; Inhibition; Perspective taking; Theory of mind; Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BELIEF DESIRE REASONING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861312575     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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