Human cortical activity evoked by gaze shift observation: An intracranial EEG study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1515-1528

  Caruana, Fausto ^a   Cantalupo, Gaetano ^b,c   Russo, Giorgio Lo ^d   Mai, Roberto ^d   Sartori, Ivana ^d   Avanzini, Pietro ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye contact; Gamma band frequency; Insula; Social cognition; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN RELATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84896392145     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22270     Document Type: Article

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