Training the emotional brain: Improving affective control through emotional working memory training

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5301-5311

  Schweizer, Susanne ^a   Grahn, Jessica ^b   Hampshire, Adam ^b   Mobbs, Dean ^a   Dalgleish, Tim ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARIETAL LOBE; PLACEBOS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877089763     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2593-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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