The spatiotemporal dynamics of autobiographical memory: Neural correlates of recall, emotional intensity, and reliving

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-229

  Daselaar, Sander M ^a,b   Rice, Heather J ^a   Greenberg, Daniel L ^a,c   Cabeza, Roberto ^a   LaBar, Kevin S ^a   Rubin, David C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Declarative memory; Episodic memory; Neuroimaging; Recollection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 36849031307     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm048     Document Type: Article

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