Adaptive top–down suppression of hippocampal activity and the purging of intrusive memories from consciousness

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 96-111

  Benoit, Roland G ^a   Hulbert, Justin C ^b   Huddleston, Ean ^c   Anderson, Michael C ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914164532     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00696     Document Type: Article

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