The impact of processing load on emotion

NeuroImage

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1299-1309

  Mitchell, D G V ^a,b   Nakic, M ^a   Fridberg, D ^c   Kamel, N ^a   Pine, D S ^a   Blair, R J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33846180689     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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