Non-conscious neural regulation against mortality concerns

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 552, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-39

  Yanagisawa, Kuniaki ^a,b   Kashima, Emiko S ^c   Moriya, Hiroki ^b,d   Masui, Keita ^b,e   Furutani, Kaichiro ^f   Nomura, Michio ^g   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^h   Ura, Mitsuhiro ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Hijiyama University   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affect tuning; Mortality salience; Neural regulation process; RVLPFC activity

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

AFFECT TUNING; MORTALITY SALIENCE; NEURAL REGULATION PROCESS; RVLPFC ACTIVITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DEATH; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84884269270     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.027     Document Type: Article

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