Anxiety and cognitive efficiency: Differential modulation of transient and sustained neural activity during a working memory task

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-253

  Fales, C L ^a   Barch, D M ^a   Burgess, G C ^b   Schaefer, A ^c   Mennin, D S ^d   Gray, J R ^d   Braver, T S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERSONALITY TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EFFICIENCY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 52749093097     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.8.3.239     Document Type: Article

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