The social network-network: Size is predicted by brain structure and function in the amygdala and paralimbic regions

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1962-1972

  Von der Heide, Rebecca ^a   Vyas, Govinda ^a   Olson, Ingrid R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dunbar's number; Facebook; Orbitofrontal cortex; Social networks

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BLOOD; BRAIN; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928673884     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu009     Document Type: Article

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