Attributing intentions to random motion engages the posterior superior temporal sulcus

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-87

  Lee, Su Mei ^a   Gao, Tao ^a   McCarthy, Gregory ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological motion; fMRI; Intention attribution; Posterior superior temporal sulcus; Social perception

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MOTION; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENTION ATTRIBUTION; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOLOGICAL MOTION; FMRI; INTENTION ATTRIBUTION; POSTERIOR SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891282357     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss110     Document Type: Article

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