Event-related induced frontal alpha as a marker of lateral prefrontal cortex activation during cognitive reappraisal

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 730-740

  Parvaz, Muhammad A ^a   MacNamara, Annmarie ^b   Goldstein, Rita Z ^a   Hajcak, Greg ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cognitive control; Emotion; ERPs; Prefrontal cortex; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84868197843     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0107-9     Document Type: Article

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