Inconsistencies in spontaneous and intentional trait inferences

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 937-950

  Ma, Ning ^a   Vandekerckhove, Marie ^a   Baetens, Kris ^a   Overwalle, Frank Van ^a   Seurinck, Ruth ^b   Fias, Wim ^b,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inconsistencies; Person attribution; Person impression; Spontaneous trait inferences

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; THEORY OF MIND; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870173025     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr064     Document Type: Article

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