Getting over it: Long-lasting effects of emotion regulation on amygdala response

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1377-1388

  Denny, Bryan T ^a   Inhoff, Marika C ^b   Zerubavel, Noam ^a   Davachi, Lila ^b   Ochsner, Kevin N ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion regulation; FMRI; Long term effects; Reappraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957553144     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615578863     Document Type: Article

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