Brain imaging investigation of the impairing effect of emotion on cognition

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 60, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Wong, Gloria ^a   Dolcos, Sanda ^a,b   Denkova, Ekaterina ^a   Morey, Rajendra ^c,d,e   Wang, Lihong ^c,d   McCarthy, Gregory ^e,f   Dolcos, Florin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive emotional interference; Emotion cognition interaction; fMRI; Issue 60; MRI; Neuroimaging; Neuroscience; Task irrelevant distraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863011382     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2434     Document Type: Article

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