For better or for worse: Neural systems supporting the cognitive down- and up-regulation of negative emotion

NeuroImage

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 483-499

  Ochsner, Kevin N ^a   Ray, Rebecca D ^b   Cooper, Jeffrey C ^b   Robertson, Elaine R ^b   Chopra, Sita ^b   Gabrieli, John D E ^b   Gross, James J ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Neural system; Up and down regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 5644298301     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.06.030     Document Type: Article

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