An fMRI Pilot Study of Cognitive Reappraisal in Children: Divergent Effects on Brain and Behavior

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 634-644

  Dougherty, Lea R ^a   Blankenship, Sarah L ^a   Spechler, Philip A ^a   Padmala, Srikanth ^a   Pessoa, Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Children; Cognitive reappraisal; Emotion regulation; fMRI; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PILOT STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84948583086     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-015-9492-z     Document Type: Article

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