Believing androids–fMRI activation in the right temporo-parietal junction is modulated by ascribing intentions to non-human agents

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 582-593

  Özdem, Ceylan ^a   Wiese, Eva ^b,c   Wykowska, Agnieszka ^d,e   Müller, Hermann ^c   Brass, Marcel ^f   Van Overwalle, Frank ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attentional reorientating; intentional stance; social mentalizing; TPJ

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STANDING; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984889814     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2016.1207702     Document Type: Article

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