Individual differences in posterior cortical volume correlate with proneness to pride and gratitude

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1676-1683

  Zahn, Roland ^a,b   Garrido, Griselda ^c,d   Moll, Jorge ^a,c   Grafman, Jordan ^a,e,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute D'Or   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Individual differences; Moral emotion; Neuroanatomy; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MORALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; OXYGEN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928686467     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst158     Document Type: Article

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