Role of the left amygdala and right orbital frontal cortex in emotional interference resolution facilitation in working memory

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3201-3212

  Levens, Sara M ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^b   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Interference resolution; Orbital frontal cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860393143     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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