Sex differences in the neural correlates of affective experience

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 591-600

  Moriguchi, Yoshiya ^a,b,c   Touroutoglou, Alexandra ^c   Dickerson, Bradford C ^c   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^c,d  

^a National Center Hospital of Mental   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Anterior insula; Extraceptive; FMRI; Interoceptive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894270556     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst030     Document Type: Article

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