The neural representation of intrusive thoughts

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 688-693

  Kühn, Simone ^a,b,c   Schmiedek, Florian ^c,d   Brose, Annette ^c   Schott, Björn H ^b,e   Lindenberger, Ulman ^c   Lövden, Martin ^c,f,g  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

FMRI; Rumination

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RUMINATION; THINKING; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY;

FMRI; RUMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882580432     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss047     Document Type: Article

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