Mutuality and the social regulation of neural threat responding

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-315

  Coan, James A ^a   Kasle, Shelley ^b   Jackson, Alice ^a   Schaefer, Hillary S ^a   Davidson, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; brain imaging; couples; mutuality; neuroscience; threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; TOUCH; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TOUCH;

EID: 84879181718     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2013.782656     Document Type: Article

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