Neural correlates of masked and unmasked face emotion processing in youth with severe mood dysregulation

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-88

  Tseng, Wan Ling ^a   Thomas, Laura A ^b   Harkins, Elizabeth ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Leibenluft, Ellen ^a   Brotman, Melissa A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Face emotion processing; Functional neuroimaging; Irritability; Severe mood dysregulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN; CHILD; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84960124756     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv087     Document Type: Article

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