Activation of the rostromedial prefrontal cortex during the experience of positive emotion in the context of esthetic experience. An fNIRS study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Kreplin, Ute ^a   Fairclough, Stephen H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BA10; Emotion; Esthetics; fNIRS; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTROSPECTION; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84891141473     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00879     Document Type: Article

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