From mind to matter: Neural correlates of abstract and concrete mindsets

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 638-645

  Gilead, Michael ^a   Liberman, Nira ^a   Maril, Anat ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Action identification; Construal level; Default network; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899903047     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst031     Document Type: Article

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