A neural link between affective understanding and interpersonal attraction

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

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2016, Pages E2248-E2257

  Anders, Silke ^a   De Jong, Roos ^a   Beck, Christian ^a   Haynes, John Dylan ^b,c   Ethofer, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective communication; Confidence; Human social relations; Intrinsic reward; Multivoxel pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVOXEL PATTERN ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE;

EID: 84964381167     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516191113     Document Type: Article

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