Neural correlates of opposing effects of emotional distraction on working memory and episodic memory: An event-related fMRI investigation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Dolcos, Florin ^a   Iordan, Alexandru D ^a   Kragel, James ^b,c   Stokes, Jared ^b,d   Campbell, Ryan ^e   McCarthy, Gregory ^b,f   Cabeza, Roberto ^b  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amy; Dlpfc; Emotional control; Emotional interference; Emotional memory; Hc; Vlpfc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879956041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00293     Document Type: Article

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