The role of the midcingulate cortex in monitoring others' decisions

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 DEC, 2013, Pages

  Apps, Matthew A J ^a,b,c   Lockwood, Patricia L ^d   Balsters, Joshua H ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Empathy; Midcingulate cortex; Prediction error; Psychopathy; Social cognition; Social reward

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDCINGULATE GYRUS; PSYCHOPATHY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

EID: 84898053580     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00251     Document Type: Article

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