The development of emotion regulation: An fMRI study of cognitive reappraisal in children, adolescents and young adults

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-22

  McRae, Kateri ^a   Gross, James J ^b   Weber, Jochen ^c   Robertson, Elaine R ^b   Sokol Hessner, Peter ^d   Ray, Rebecca D ^e   Gabrieli, John D E ^f   Ochsner, Kevin N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Development; Emotion regulation; Reappraisal; Social

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855645605     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr093     Document Type: Article

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