Personality modulates the effects of emotional arousal and valence on brain activation

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 858-870

  Kehoe, Elizabeth G ^a   Toomey, John M ^b   Balsters, Joshua H ^a   Bokde, Arun L W ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arousal; Extraversion; FMRI; Neuroticism; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY; REWARD; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867768839     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr059     Document Type: Article

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