Neural signatures of the response to emotional distraction: A review of evidence from brain imaging investigations

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Iordan, A D ^a   Dolcos, S ^a   Dolcos, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective cognitive interactions; Amygdala; Emotional interference; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Neural circuitry; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISTRACTOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84933670240     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00200     Document Type: Article

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