Neural substrates of empathic accuracy in people with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 617-628

  Harvey, Philippe Olivier ^a   Zaki, Jamil ^b   Lee, Junghee ^c,d   Ochsner, Kevin ^e   Green, Michael F ^c,d  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

emotional expressivity; empathic accuracy; functional imaging; schizophrenia; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84871028966     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs042     Document Type: Article

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