Neural evidence that three dimensions organize mental state representation: Rationality, social impact, and valence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 194-199

  Tamir, Diana I ^a   Thornton, Mark A ^b   Contreras, Juan Manuel ^c   Mitchell, Jason P ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c White House   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Mentalizing; Multivoxel pattern analysis; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MENTAL HEALTH; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL COGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; ADOLESCENT; COMPREHENSION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953252463     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1511905112     Document Type: Article

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