The dark side of self-focus: Brain activity during self-focus in low and high brooders

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1808-1813

  Freton, Maxime ^a,b,c   Lemogne, Cédric ^d,e,f   Delaveau, Pauline ^a,c   Guionnet, Sophie ^a,b,c   Wright, Emily ^a,c   Wiernik, Emmanuel ^a,c,d,f   Bertasi, Eric ^a,b   Fossati, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f CENTRE DE PSYCHIATRIE ET NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

Author keywords

fMRI; Posterior cingulate cortex; Rumination; Self focus; Self reference

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CINGULATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; THINKING; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928093093     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst178     Document Type: Article

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