Regional gray matter volume is associated with empathizing and systemizing in young adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Takeuchi, Hikaru ^a   Taki, Yasuyuki ^a   Sassa, Yuko ^a   Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Sekiguchi, Atsushi ^a   Fukushima, Ai ^a   Kawashima, Ryuta ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHIZING QUOTIENT QUESTIONNAIRE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE CINGULATE CORTEX; MIRROR NEURON; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR INSULA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SYSTEMIZING; SYSTEMIZING QUOTIENT QUESTIONNAIRE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896941488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084782     Document Type: Article

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