Brain mechanisms for processing affective touch

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 914-922

  Gordon, Ilanit ^a   Voos, Avery C ^a   Bennett, Randi H ^a   Bolling, Danielle Z ^a   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^a   Kaiser, Martha D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C tactile; FMRI; Neuroimaging; Social brain; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE TOUCH; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARM; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TOUCH; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874961478     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21480     Document Type: Article

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