The structural neural substrate of subjective happiness

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sato, Wataru ^a   Kochiyama, Takanori ^b   Uono, Shota ^a   Kubota, Yasutaka ^c   Sawada, Reiko ^a   Yoshimura, Sayaka ^a   Toichi, Motomi ^a,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d The Organization for Promoting Neurodevelopmental Disorder Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947747771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16891     Document Type: Article

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