Validating the Why/How contrast for functional MRI studies of Theory of Mind

NeuroImage

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 301-311

  Spunt, Robert P ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Attribution; False belief; FMRI; Localizer; Mentalizing; Social cognition; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENTAL TASK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORY OF MIND; VALIDATION STUDY; WHY HOW CONTRAST TASK; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; CULTURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903536115     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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