Cortical thickness and prosocial behavior in school-age children: A population-based MRI study

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 571-582

  Thijssen, Sandra ^a,b,c   Wildeboer, Andrea ^b,c,d   Muetzel, Ryan L ^b,c   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^d   El Marroun, Hanan ^b,c   Hofman, Albert ^b   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^b   van der Lugt, Aad ^b   Verhulst, Frank C ^b,c   Tiemeier, Henning ^b,c   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a,d   White, Tonya ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Prosocial behavior; Structural MRI; Superior frontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84947489748     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2015.1014063     Document Type: Article

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