Brain systems for visual perspective taking and action perception

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-267

  Mazzarella, Elisabetta ^a   Ramsey, Richard ^b   Conson, Massimiliano ^a   Hamilton, Antonia ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action observation; fMRI; Perspective taking; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84876102318     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.761160     Document Type: Article

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