Emotion regulation in spider phobia: Role of the medial prefrontal cortex

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-267

  Hermann, Andrea ^a   Schäfer, Axel ^b   Walter, Bertram ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a   Vaitl, Dieter ^a   Schienle, Anne ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Emotion regulation; fMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex; Phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; PHOBIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SELF CONCEPT; SPIDERS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 69449090374     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp013     Document Type: Article

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