Individual differences in local gray matter density are associated with differences in affective and cognitive empathy

NeuroImage

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 305-310

  Eres, Robert ^a   Decety, Jean ^b,c   Louis, Winnifred R ^b   Molenberghs, Pascal ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective empathy; Cingulate cortex; Cognitive empathy; Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; Insula; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE EMPATHY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE EMPATHY; DENSITY GRADIENT; DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; AFFECT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; INDIVIDUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936756893     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.05.038     Document Type: Article

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