Fear Thou Not: Activity of Frontal and Temporal Circuits in Moments of Real-Life Courage

Neuron

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 949-962

  Nili, Uri ^a   Goldberg, Hagar ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^b,c   Dudai, Yadin ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Sysneuro

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; COURAGE; FEAR; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SNAKE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SNAKES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77953928482     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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