The role of arousal in the spontaneous regulation of emotions in healthy aging: A fMRI investigation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Dolcos, Sanda ^a   Katsumi, Yuta ^a   Dixon, Roger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Emotion control; Spontaneous emotion regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906518325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00681     Document Type: Article

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