Shared Neural Mechanisms Underlying Social Warmth and Physical Warmth

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2272-2280

  Inagaki, Tristen K ^a   Eisenberger, Naomi I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; emotions; functional MRI; insula; interpersonal relationships; social connection; temperature; ventral striatum; warmth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSULA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CONNECTION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL MRI; INSULA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; SOCIAL CONNECTION; TEMPERATURE; VENTRAL STRIATUM; WARMTH;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THERMOSENSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887356869     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613492773     Document Type: Article

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