Neural mechanisms of attentional control differentiate trait and state negative affect

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Crocker, Laura D ^a   Heller, Wendy ^a   Spielberg, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Warren, Stacie L ^a   Bredemeier, Keith ^a   Sutton, Bradley P ^c   Banich, Marie T ^d   Miller, Gregory A ^a,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Emotion; FMRI; Negative affect; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867118499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00298     Document Type: Article

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