Don't look back in anger: Neural correlates of reappraisal, analytical rumination, and angry rumination during recall of an anger-inducing autobiographical memory

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2974-2981

  Fabiansson, Emma C ^a   Denson, Thomas F ^a   Moulds, Michelle L ^a   Grisham, Jessica R ^a   Schira, Mark M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical rumination; Anger; Angry rumination; Functional connectivity; Neural correlates; Reappraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF REPORT; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855424010     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.09.078     Document Type: Article

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