Beyond human intentions and emotions

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Juan, Elsa ^a   Frum, Chris ^b   Bianchi Demicheli, Francesco ^c   Wang, Yiwen ^d   Lewis, James W ^e   Cacioppo, Stephanie ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; fMRI meta analysis; Intention understanding; Love; Neuroimaging; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR INSULA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRECUNEUS; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; THALAMUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84933673110     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00099     Document Type: Review

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