Concepts in context: Processing mental state concepts with internal or external focus involves different neural systems

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 294-307

  Oosterwijk, Suzanne ^a   Mackey, Scott ^b   Wilson Mendenhall, Christine ^c   Winkielman, Piotr ^d   Paulus, Martin P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Emotion; IFG; Mental states; Simulation; vmPFC

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928699884     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2014.998840     Document Type: Article

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