Familiarity promotes the blurring of self and other in the neural representation of threat

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 670-677

  Beckes, Lane ^a   Coan, James A ^a   Hasselmo, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Empathy; Familiarity; Interpersonal relationships; Prosocial behavior; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FAMILIARITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EMOTION; EMPATHY; FAMILIARITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882674561     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss046     Document Type: Article

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