How social is error observation? The neural mechanisms underlying the observation of human and machine errors

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 427-435

  Desmet, Charlotte ^a,b   Deschrijver, Eliane ^a,b   Brass, Marcel ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action observation; Error; Medial prefrontal cortex; Simulation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN MAPPING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVATION; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898831387     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst002     Document Type: Article

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