Brain activity and prosocial behavior in a simulated life-threatening situation

NeuroImage

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-146

  Zanon, Marco ^a   Novembre, Giovanni ^a   Zangrando, Nicola ^b   Chittaro, Luca ^b   Silani, Giorgia ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

GICA; MPFC; Prosocial behavior; Salience network; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONNECTOME; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FIRE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE THREAT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION; VIRTUAL REALITY; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902996898     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.04.053     Document Type: Article

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