Dissecting the social brain: Introducing the EmpaToM to reveal distinct neural networks and brain-behavior relations for empathy and Theory of Mind

NeuroImage

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 6-19

  Kanske, Philipp ^a   Böckler, Anne ^a   Trautwein, Fynn Mathis ^a   Singer, Tania ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empathy; fMRI; Mentalizing; Resting state functional connectivity; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THEORY OF MIND; VALIDATION STUDY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84939555619     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.082     Document Type: Article

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