The neural signature of escalating frustration in humans

Cortex

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 165-178

  Yu, Rongjun ^a,b   Mobbs, Dean ^a,c   Seymour, Ben ^d,e   Rowe, James B ^a,e   Calder, Andrew J ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Frustration; Periaqueductal grey; Reactive aggression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRUSTRATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR INSULA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PUTAMEN; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; MENTAL TASK; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FRUSTRATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897066069     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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