Emotional foundations of cognitive control

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 126-132

  Inzlicht, Michael ^a,b   Bartholow, Bruce D ^c   Hirsh, Jacob B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Anxiety; Cognitive control; Emotion; Motivation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION;

ANIMAL RESEARCH; ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTICES; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE CONTROL; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; EMOTION; GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR;

BIOLOGY;

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CYBERNETICS; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MINDFULNESS; MOTIVATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STROOP TEST; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84933670454     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.01.004     Document Type: Review

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