fMRI neurofeedback facilitates anxiety regulation in females with spider phobia

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue June, 2015, Pages

  Zilverstand, Anna ^a,b   Sorger, Bettina ^a   Sarkheil, Pegah ^a,c   Goebel, Rainer ^a,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive reappraisal; fmri; Neurofeedback; Real time; Regulation; Self regulation; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHOBIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SPIDER; SPIDER PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84935881149     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00148     Document Type: Article

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