The neural bases of social intention understanding: The role of interaction goals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Canessa, Nicola ^a,b   Alemanno, Federica ^a   Riva, Federica ^c   Zani, Alberto ^d   Proverbio, Alice Mado ^c   Mannara, Nicola ^a   Perani, Daniela ^a,b   Cappa, Stefano F ^a,b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOTIVATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTENTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84864402253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042347     Document Type: Article

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