Altered insula activation in anticipation of changing emotional states: Neural mechanisms underlying cognitive flexibility in special operations forces personnel

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 234-239

  Simmons, Alan N ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Summer ^b,f   Strigo, Irina A ^a,b   Potterat, Eric G ^c,d   Johnson, Douglas C ^b,c,e   Matthews, Scott C ^a,b   Van Orden, Karl F ^c,e   Swain, Judith L ^b,c,g   Paulus, Martin P ^a,b,c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OptiBrain Consortium   (United States)

^d Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

anticipation; emotional set shifting; insula; interoception resilience; SEALs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAVY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857190726     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283503275     Document Type: Article

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