Spontaneous mentalizing captures variability in the cortical thickness of social brain regions

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-334

  Rice, Katherine ^a   Redcay, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Social cognition; Structural MRI; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924591849     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu081     Document Type: Article

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