The anterior cingulate gyrus and the mechanism of self-regulation

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-395

  Posner, Michael I ^a   Rothbart, Mary K ^a   Sheese, Brad E ^a   Tang, Yiyuan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

AUTOREGULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; REVIEW; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; GENETICS; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 37549035472     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.7.4.391     Document Type: Review

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