Neural correlates of 'pessimistic' attitude in depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 789-800

  Herwig, U ^a,b   Bruhl A B ^a   Kaffenberger, T ^a,b   Baumgartner, T ^c   Boeker, H ^a   Jancke L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Emotion processing; Functional neuroimaging; Insula; Pessimism; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77952430340     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709991073     Document Type: Article

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