Age-related differences in medial prefrontal activation in response to emotional images

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-164

  Leclerc, Christina M ^a   Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; AGE; AGED; AGING; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 52249090714     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.8.2.153     Document Type: Article

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