Individual differences in anthropomorphic attributions and human brain structure

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1276-1280

  Cullen, Harriet ^a   Kanai, Ryota ^a   Bahrami, Bahador ^a   Rees, Geraint ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Mentalizing and VBM; Temporoparietal junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919381703     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst109     Document Type: Article

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