The role of medial prefrontal cortex in early social cognition

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Grossmann, Tobias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; FNIRS; Infancy; Prefrontal cortex; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84885046802     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00340     Document Type: Review

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