Making a life worth living: Neural correlates of well-being

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-372

  Urry, Heather L ^a   Nitschke, Jack B ^a   Dolski, Isa ^a   Jackson, Daren C ^a   Dalton, Kim M ^a   Mueller, Corrina J ^a   Rosenkranz, Melissa A ^a   Ryff, Carol D ^a   Singer, Burton H ^b   Davidson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ATTITUDE; BRAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 2942676893     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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