Non-verbal emotion communication training induces specific changes in brain function and structure

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Kreifelts, Benjamin ^a   Jacob, Heike ^a   Carolin, Brück ^a   Erb, Michael ^a   Ethofer, Thomas ^a   Wildgruber, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion sensitivity; fMRI; Fusiform face area; Neuroticism; Superior temporal sulcus; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NON VERBAL EMOTION COMMUNICATION TRAINING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84886389718     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00648     Document Type: Article

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