The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in social categorization

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 292-296

  Molenberghs, Pascal ^a   Morrison, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

FMRI; Group membership; Social categorization; Social identity; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUP MEMBERSHIP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION; SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

FMRI; GROUP MEMBERSHIP; SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION; SOCIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885049165     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss135     Document Type: Article

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