Self-relevance modulates brain responses to angry body expressions

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2210-2220

  Grèzes, Julie ^a,b   Adenis, Marie Sarah ^a   Pouga, Lydia ^a   Armony, Jorge L ^c,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Centre de NeuroImagerie de Recherche (CENIR)   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anger expression; FMRI; Motor preparation; Self relevance; Somatic changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; SELF RELEVANCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANGER EXPRESSION; FMRI; MOTOR PREPARATION; SELF-RELEVANCE; SOMATIC CHANGES;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANGER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882720111     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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