Effects of adult attachment and emotional distractors on brain mechanisms of cognitive control

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1818-1826

  Warren, Stacie L ^a   Bost, Kelly K ^a   Roisman, Glenn I ^a   Silton, Rebecca ^a   Spielberg, Jeffrey M ^a   Engels, Anna S ^a   Choi, Eunsil ^a   Sutton, Bradley P ^a   Miller, Gregory A ^a   Heller, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; cognitive control; emotion regulation; fMRI; secure base script knowledge; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 78650315641     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610388809     Document Type: Article

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