Does higher general trust serve as a psychosocial buffer against social pain? An NIRS study of social exclusion

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-197

  Yanagisawa, Kuniaki ^a   Masui, Keita ^a   Furutani, Kaichiro ^b   Nomura, Michio ^a   Ura, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hijiyama University   (Japan)

Author keywords

General trust; NIRS; Right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex; Social pain; Trait self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; TRUST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952512262     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2010.506139     Document Type: Article

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