An fMRI study investigating cognitive modulation of brain regions associated with emotional processing of visual stimuli

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 585-596

  Keightley, Michelle L ^a,b   Winocur, Gordon ^a,b,e   Graham, Simon J ^a,c,d   Mayberg, Helen S ^a,b   Hevenor, Stephanie J ^a   Grady, Cheryl L ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Encoding; Faces; Limbic; Pictures; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037248528     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00199-9     Document Type: Article

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