Adding fear to conflict: A general purpose cognitive control network is modulated by trait anxiety

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-371

  Krug, Marie K ^a   Carter, Cameron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; STROOP TEST;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751520610     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.10.3.357     Document Type: Article

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