Dynamic modulation of emotional processing

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 480-491

  Okon Singer, Hadas ^a,b   Lichtenstein Vidne, Limor ^c   Cohen, Noga ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Mind and Brain Institute and Berlin School of Mind and Brain   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective stimuli; Attention; Emotion; Individual differences; Task demands; Valence

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN REGION; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84875119121     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.05.010     Document Type: Review

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