Neural correlates of 'distracting' from emotion during autobiographical recollection

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 219-230

  Denkova, Ekaterina ^a   Dolcos, Sanda ^b   Dolcos, Florin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion control; Emotional disorders; Personal memories; Ventro medial PFC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949126631     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu039     Document Type: Article

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