The neural correlates of 'vitality form' recognition: An fMRI study

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 951-960

  di Cesare, Giuseppe ^a   di Dio, Cinzia ^a   Rochat, Magali J ^a   Sinigaglia, Corrado ^b   Bruschweiler Stern, Nadia ^c   Stern, Daniel N ^d,e   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Centre Brazelton Suisse Clinique des Grangettes   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; fMRI; Insula; Social cognition; Vitality form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904260998     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst068     Document Type: Article

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