How brains beware: Neural mechanisms of emotional attention

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 585-594

  Vuilleumier, Patrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; SENSORS;

BRAIN IMAGING; EMOTIONAL ATTENTION; NEURAL SUBSTRATES; SENSORY PROCESSING;

BRAIN;

ADAPTATION; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREAT; VISION;

AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 27944476321     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.10.011     Document Type: Review

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