Trait anxiety modulates the neural efficiency of inhibitory control

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3132-3145

  Basten, Ulrike ^a,b   Stelzel, Christine ^b,c   Fiebach, Christian J ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAIT ANXIETY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860390507     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00003     Document Type: Article

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