Bad and worse: Neural systems underlying reappraisal of high-and low-intensity negative emotions

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-179

  Silvers, Jennifer A ^a   Weber, Jochen ^a   Wager, Tor D ^b   Ochsner, Kevin N ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intensity; Reappraisal

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928692988     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu043     Document Type: Article

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