Anger in brain and body: The neural and physiological perturbation of decision-making by emotion

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 150-158

  Garfinkel, Sarah N ^a,b   Zorab, Emma ^a   Navaratnam, Nakulan ^a   Engels, Miriam ^c   Mallorquí Bagué, Núria ^d,e   Minati, Ludovico ^f   Dowell, Nicholas G ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^g   Thayer, Julian F ^h   Critchley, Hugo D ^a,b  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; fMRI; Lexical decision task; Subliminal; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960115706     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv099     Document Type: Article

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