Are there specialized circuits for social cognition and are they unique to humans?

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 436-442

  Rushworth, Matthew FS ^a,b   Mars, Rogier B ^a,b   Sallet, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MONITORING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; MACACA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84878375187     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.11.013     Document Type: Review

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