Emotion, motivation, and anxiety: Brain mechanisms and psychophysiology

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1248-1263

  Lang, Peter J ^a   Bradley, Margaret M ^a   Cuthbert, Bruce N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Brain mechanisms; Emotion; Fear; Motivation

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PANIC; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FEAR; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MOTIVATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032534966     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00275-3     Document Type: Article

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