Cognitive and neural contributors to emotion regulation in aging

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-176

  Winecoff, Amy ^a   LaBar, Kevin S ^a,b   Madden, David J ^a,b   Cabeza, Roberto ^a   Huettel, Scott A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Amygdala; Cognitive aging; Executive function; Functional brain imaging

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954608944     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq030     Document Type: Article

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