Damage to the left ventromedial prefrontal cortex impacts affective theory of mind

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 871-880

  Leopold, Anne ^a,b   Krueger, Frank ^c   Dal monte, Olga ^a,d,e   Pardini, Matteo ^f   Pulaski, Sarah J ^a   Solomon, Jeffrey ^g   Grafman, Jordan ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g Medical Numerics   (United States)

^h KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective theory of mind; Emotional intelligence; Empathy; Traumatic brain injury; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RADIOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THEORY OF MIND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870222889     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr071     Document Type: Article

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