The neural correlates of positive self-evaluation and self-related memory

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 878-886

  Pauly, Katharina ^a,b   Finkelmeyer, Andreas ^a,b,c   Schneider, Frank ^a,b   Habel, Ute ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; FMRI; Memory; Recognition; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

EMOTION; FMRI; MEMORY; RECOGNITION; SELF;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84888230297     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss086     Document Type: Article

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