Individual differences in neural activity during a facial expression vs. identity working memory task

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1685-1692

  Neta, Maital ^a   Whalen, Paul J ^a  

^a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Facial expressions; FMRI; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CORPUS STRIATUM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955475229     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.051     Document Type: Article

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