Neural correlates of regulation of positive and negative emotions: An fMRI study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 457, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-106

  Mak, Amanda K Y ^a   Hu, Zhi guo ^b   Zhang, John X ^c   Xiao, Zhuang wei ^b   Lee, Tatia M C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate cortex; Emotion regulation; IAPS; Insula; Prefrontal region

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 67349217771     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.03.094     Document Type: Article

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