Insular activity during passive viewing of aversive stimuli reflects individual differences in state negative affect

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Mériau, Katja ^a,b,c   Wartenburger, Isabell ^a,e   Kazzer, Philipp ^a   Prehn, Kristin ^a,b,c   Villringer, Arno ^a,d   van der Meer, Elke ^b   Heekeren, Hauke R ^a,c,d  

^a Neuroscience Research Center   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bodily state; Female; fMRI; Interoception; Psychophysiology; Salience; Skin conductance; Valence

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISCERA;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549095241     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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