The neural correlates of passively viewed sequences of true and false beliefs

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 432-437

  Geangu, Elena ^a,b   Gibson, Aimee ^c   Kaduk, Katharina ^c   Reid, Vincent M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b 'Emil Racovitza' Institute for Speological Researches   (Romania)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERP; False belief; Frontal activity; Parietal activity; Passive paradigms; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGO; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REALITY TESTING; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876884766     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss015     Document Type: Article

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