Functional neural plasticity and associated changes in positive affect after compassion training

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1552-1561

  Klimecki, Olga M ^a   Leiberg, Susanne ^b   Lamm, Claus ^c   Singer, Tania ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

affective training; brain; empathy; fMRI; Socio affective Video Task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AFFECTIVE TRAINING; BRAIN; EMPATHY; FMRI; SOCIO-AFFECTIVE VIDEO TASK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878830694     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs142     Document Type: Article

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