Children's brain activations while viewing televised violence revealed by fMRI

Media Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-37

  Murray, John P ^a   Liotti, Mario ^b   Ingmundson, Paul T ^c   Mayberg, Helen S ^d   Pu, Yonglin ^e   Zamarripa, Frank ^f   Liu, Yijun ^g   Woldorff, Marty G ^h   Gao, Jia Hong ^f   Fox, Peter T ^f  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 32644440860     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0801_3     Document Type: Review

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