Orbitofrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex are modulated by motivated social cognition

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1372-1381

  Hughes, Brent L ^a   Beer, Jennifer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; fMRI; orbitofrontal cortex; positivity motivation; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861540239     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr213     Document Type: Article

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