Rethinking feelings: An fMRI study of the cognitive regulation of emotion

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1215-1229

  Ochsner, Kevin N ^a   Bunge, Silvia A ^b   Gross, James J ^a   Gabrieli, John D E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037111650     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892902760807212     Document Type: Article

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