Ongoing neural development of affective theory of mind in adolescence

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1022-1029

  Vetter, Nora C ^a   Weigelt, Sarah ^b,c   Döhnel, Katrin ^d   Smolka, Michael N ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^e  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Development; Emotion; FMRI; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THEORY OF MIND; VIDEORECORDING; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904244252     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst081     Document Type: Article

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