Neural representation and clinically relevant moderators of individualised self-criticism in healthy subjects

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1333-1340

  Doerig, Nadja ^a,b   Schlumpf, Yolanda ^a,b   Spinelli, Simona ^a,b,c   Späti, Jakub ^b   Brakowski, Janis ^b   Quednow, Boris B ^b,c   Seifritz, Erich ^a,b,c   Holtforth, Martin Grosse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Lateral frontal cortex; Self criticism; Self discrepancies

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION; SEMANTICS; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928727120     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst123     Document Type: Article

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