Subclinical delusional thinking predicts lateral temporal cortex responses during social reflection

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-282

  Brent, Benjamin K ^a   Coombs, Garth ^b   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a   Seidman, Larry J ^a,b   Moran, Joseph M ^c   Holt, Daphne J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Delusions; FMRI; Lateral temporal cortex; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DELUSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LATERAL TEMPORAL CORTEX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DELUSIONS; FMRI; LATERAL TEMPORAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84895132256     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss129     Document Type: Article

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