Neural dynamics of rejection sensitivity

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 945-956

  Kross, Ethan ^a   Egner, Tobias ^a   Ochsner, Kevin ^a   Hirsch, Joy ^a   Downey, Geraldine ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS;

EID: 34249806005     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.6.945     Document Type: Article

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