Social distance evaluation in human parietal cortex.

Across cultures, social relationships are often thought of, described, and acted out in terms of physical space (e.g. "close friends" "high lord"). Does this cognitive mapping of social concepts arise from shared brain resources for processing social and physical relationships? U...

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Main Authors: Yoshinori Yamakawa, Ryota Kanai, Michikazu Matsumura, Eiichi Naito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2635936?pdf=render