Neural correlates of personality dimensions and affective measures during the anticipation of emotional stimuli

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-96

  Brühl, Annette Beatrix ^a   Viebke, Marie Caroline ^a   Baumgartner, Thomas ^b   Kaffenberger, Tina ^c   Herwig, Uwe ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Emotion processing; Extraversion; fMRI; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSIS; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SUBCORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; CUES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955535613     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-011-9114-7     Document Type: Article

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