Narcissists social pain seen only in the brain

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 335-341

  Cascio, Christopher N ^a   Konrath, Sara H ^b   Falk, Emily B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberball; Narcissism; Social exclusion; Social pain network; Social rejection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NARCISSISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BRAIN; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NARCISSISM; NERVE NET; PAIN; PERSONALITY TESTS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84924615967     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu072     Document Type: Article

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