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Medial prefrontal activity differentiates self from close others — Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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Key
heatherton-2006-mpfc-close-others
Authors
Heatherton, Todd F.; Wyland, Carrie L.; Macrae, C. Neil; Demos, Kathryn E.; Denny, Bryan T.; Kelley, William M.
Issued
2006
Type
article-journal
Container
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Raw CSL JSON
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  "DOI": "10.1093/scan/nsl001",
  "URL": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2555408/",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "Medial prefrontal activity differentiates self from close others",
  "author": [
    {
      "given": "Todd F.",
      "family": "Heatherton"
    },
    {
      "given": "Carrie L.",
      "family": "Wyland"
    },
    {
      "given": "C. Neil",
      "family": "Macrae"
    },
    {
      "given": "Kathryn E.",
      "family": "Demos"
    },
    {
      "given": "Bryan T.",
      "family": "Denny"
    },
    {
      "given": "William M.",
      "family": "Kelley"
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2006
      ]
    ]
  },
  "container-title": "Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience"
}

Claims

  1. Judgments about the self relative to an intimate other selectively activated a medial prefrontal region, whereas judgments about close friends did not produce comparable activation.
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