The interactive effect of social pain and executive functioning on aggression: An fMRI experiment

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 699-704

  Chester, David S ^a   Eisenberger, Naomi I ^b   Pond Jr , Richard S ^a   Richman, Stephanie B ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^c,d   Dewall, C Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; dACC; Executive functioning; fMRI; Social pain; Social rejection

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899929738     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst038     Document Type: Article

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