Brain structures activated by overt and covert emotional visual stimuli

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 258-264

  Sabatini, Elisabetta ^a,b   Penna, Stefania Della ^c   Franciotti, Raffaella ^c   Ferretti, Antonio ^c   Zoccolotti, Pierluigi ^d,e   Rossini, Paolo M ^b,f,g   Romani, Gian Luca ^c   Gainotti, Guido ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala related cortical network; Anterior insula; Emotional faces; fMRI; Pain processing; Unconscious perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349095753     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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