Implicit and explicit social mentalizing: Dual processes driven by a shared neural network

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Van Overwalle, Frank ^a   Vandekerckhove, Marie ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dual process theories; ERP; fMRI; Implicit inferences; Mentalizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884926513     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00560     Document Type: Article

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