Using real-time fmri to learn voluntary regulation of the anterior insula in the presence of threat-related stimuli

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 623-634

  Veit, Ralf ^a   Singh, Vanessa ^a   Sitaram, Ranganatha ^a   Caria, Andrea ^a,b   Rauss, Karsten ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion; Insula; Prefrontal cortex; Psychophysiological interaction; Real time fMRI

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865772048     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr061     Document Type: Article

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