Improving the neural mechanisms of cognition through the pursuit of happiness

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Subramaniam, Karuna ^a   Vinogradov, Sophia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative cognition; FMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex; Positive mood; Real time fMRI

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MANIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84933677061     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00452     Document Type: Review

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