Amygdalar function reflects common individual differences in emotion and pain regulation success

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-158

  Lapate, Regina C ^a   Lee, Hyejeen ^a   Salomons, Tim V ^a,b   van Reekum, Carien M ^a,c   Greischar, Lawrence L ^a   Davidson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81455128356     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00125     Document Type: Article

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