Neural processes supporting young and older adults' emotional memories

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1161-1173

  Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Schacter, Daniel L ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME;

EID: 45849111804     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20080     Document Type: Article

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