Social learning in humans and other animals

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gariépy, Jean François ^a   Watson, Karli K ^a   Du, Emily ^a   Xie, Diana L ^a   Erb, Joshua ^a   Amasino, Dianna ^a   Platt, Michael L ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Anterior cingulate gyrus; DLPFC; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Learning; Social; Superior temporal sulcus; Temporoparietal junction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BIRD; DISEASE MODEL; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INSECT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SKILL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPECIES; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION;

EID: 84910099357     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00058     Document Type: Review

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