Gender differences of brain activity in the conflicts based on implicit self-esteem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Miyamoto, Reiko ^a   Kikuchi, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; COGNITION; CONFLICT; DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861644856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037901     Document Type: Article

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