Brains of optimistic older adults respond less to fearful faces

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-163

  Bangen, Katherine J ^a,b,c,d   Bergheim, Marianne ^a,b,c,d   Kaup, Allison R ^a,b,c,d   Mirzakhanian, Heline ^a,b,c,d   Wierenga, Christina E ^a,b,c,d   Jeste, Dilip V ^a,b,c,d   Eyler, Lisa T ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d University of California San Diego School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SIZE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEARFUL FACE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; AGING; BLOOD; BRAIN; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEAR; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

OXYGEN;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84901394934     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12090231     Document Type: Article

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