Auditory cortex activation is modulated by emotion: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1200-1207

  Plichta, M M ^a   Gerdes, A B M ^b,c   Alpers, G W ^b,c   Harnisch, W ^b   Brill, S ^b   Wieser, M J ^b   Fallgatter, A J ^d  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Early processing; Emotion; Enhanced sensory processing; Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952072979     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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