The neural bases of feeling understood and not understood

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1890-1896

  Morelli, Sylvia A ^a   Torre, Jared B ^b   Eisenberger, Naomi I ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeling understood; FMRI; Rejection sensitivity; Social reward

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928677629     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst191     Document Type: Article

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