Amygdala responses to emotionally valenced stimuli in older and younger adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Mather, Mara ^a   Canli, Turhan ^b   English, Tammy ^c   Whitfield, Sue ^c   Wais, Peter ^c   Ochsner, Kevin ^c   Gabrieli, John D E ^c   Carstensen, Laura L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2042470771     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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