Structural covariance networks of the dorsal anterior insula predict females' individual differences in empathic responding

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2189-2198

  Bernhardt, Boris C ^a   Klimecki, Olga M ^a   Leiberg, Susanne ^b   Singer, Tania ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Cortical thickness; Empathy; MRI; Social emotions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); COVARIANCE; DORSAL ANTERIOR INSULA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; INDIVIDUALITY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904297756     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht072     Document Type: Article

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