Affective learning modulates spatial competition during low-load attentional conditions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1267-1278

  Lim, Seung Lark ^a   Padmala, Srikanth ^a   Pessoa, Luiz ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion; Facial expressions; Fear conditioning; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FATE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPETITION; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MODEL; MODULATION; SHOCK; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38349084090     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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