Attention inhibition of early cortical activation to fearful faces

Brain Research

Volumn 1313, Issue , 2010, Pages 113-123

  Bayle, Dimitri J ^a,b,c   Taylor, Margot J ^c,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion; Fear; Frontal lobe; M170; MEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74149094802     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.11.060     Document Type: Article

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