Task difficulty modulates the impact of emotional stimulion neural response in cognitive-control regions

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Jasinska, Agnes J ^a,b   Yasuda, Marie ^b   Rhodes, Rebecca E ^b   Wang, Cheng ^b   Polk, Thad A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC; Cognitive control; DLPFC; Emotion; Emotion cognition interactions; Executive function; FMRI; IFG

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867060001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00345     Document Type: Article

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