Brain systems mediating cognitive interference by emotional distraction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2072-2079

  Dolcos, Florin ^a   McCarthy, Gregory ^a,b  

^a Duke University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Affective disorders; Arousal; Emotional interference; Emotional cognitive interaction; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33644506174     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5042-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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