Dynamic organization of the emotional brain: Responsivity, stability, and instability

Neuroscientist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-370

  Williams, Leanne M ^a,b,c   Gordon, Evian ^a,b,d  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Brain Resource Company   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Danger and reward; Emotion; Individual differences; Limbic; Motivation; Neurobiology; Prefrontal; Psychiatric disorder; Temporal continuum

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; EVOLUTION; EXPECTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MODEL; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 34249790916     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10738584070130040801     Document Type: Review

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