Brain, body, and cognition: Neural, physiological and self-report correlates of phobic and normative fear

Biological Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-69

  Schaefer, Hillary S ^a   Larson, Christine L ^b   Davidson, Richard J ^c   Coan, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Brain; Concordance; Emotion; Fear; Phobia; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGULAR GYRUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CALCARINE GYRUS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUNEUS; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OLFACTORY CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOBIA; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUTAMEN; RED NUCLEUS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF REPORT; SNAKE; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; BRAIN; DEVICES; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PUPIL; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899933123     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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