Multiple mechanisms of consciousness: The neural correlates of emotional awareness

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 10039-10047

  Amting, Jayna M ^a   Greening, Steven G ^a   Mitchell, Derek G V ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955409153     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6434-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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