Brain connectivity in listening to affective stimuli: A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study and implications for psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 576-588

  Tschacher, Wolfgang ^a   Schildt, Michael ^b   Sander, Kerstin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Inn Salzach Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortex; Emotion regulation; fMRI; Functional connectivity; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 77956835951     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2010.493538     Document Type: Article

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