Issues in localization of brain function: The case of lateralized frontal cortex in cognition, emotion, and psychopathology

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Gregory A ^a,b,c   Crocker, Laura D ^b   Spielberg, Jeffrey M ^d   Infantolino, Zachary P ^a   Heller, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Frontal cortex; Lateralization; Localization; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANGER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FRONTAL LATERALIZATION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMISPHERE LEVEL MODEL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NEUROANATOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84872837743     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00002     Document Type: Article

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