Eye to eye, face to face and brain to brain: Novel approaches to study the behavioral dynamics and neural mechanisms of social interactions

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-135

  Schilbach, Leonhard ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

EID: 84928782433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.03.006     Document Type: Review

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