Understanding the minds of others: A neuroimaging meta-analysis

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 276-291

  Molenberghs, Pascal ^a   Johnson, Halle ^b   Henry, Julie D ^b   Mattingley, Jason B ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation likelihood estimation; FMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex; Meta analytic connectivity modelling; Temporoparietal junction; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION; THEORY OF MIND; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; META ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NEUROIMAGING; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84963818010     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.03.020     Document Type: Review

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