Getting to know you: General and specific neural computations for learning about people

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 525-536

  Stanley, Damian A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

computational neuroscience; fMRI; Precuneus; Prediction error; Trait learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHARACTER; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHARACTER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL SKILLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963762913     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv145     Document Type: Article

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