Mirror-touch synaesthesia: Difficulties inhibiting the other

Cortex

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-121

  Santiesteban, Idalmis ^a   Bird, Geoffrey ^b,c   Tew, Oliver ^d   Cioffi, Maria Cristina ^e   Banissy, Michael J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imitation inhibition; Mentalizing; Mirror touch synaesthesia; Perspective taking; Self other; Social cognition; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; MIRROR TOUCH SYNAESTHESIA; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND; TOUCH; COGNITION; EGO; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; COGNITION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORY OF MIND; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84937149013     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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