Neural correlates of the empathic perceptual processing of realistic social interaction scenarios displayed from a first-order perspective

Brain Research

Volumn 1583, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-158

  Fehr, T ^a,b   Achtziger, A ^d   Roth, G ^a   Struber, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Fmri; Perception action cycle; Reactive aggression; Video inventory; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; REACTIVE INHIBITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; SUBCORTEX; VIDEORECORDING; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN RELATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922596809     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.04.041     Document Type: Article

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