The neural networks of subjectively evaluated emotional conflicts

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2234-2246

  Rohr, Christiane S ^a,b   Villringer, Arno ^a,b   Solms Baruth, Carolina ^a,b   van der Meer, Elke ^b   Margulies, Daniel S ^a,b   Okon Singer, Hadas ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Conflict; Emotion control; FMRI; Free viewing; Functional connectivity; Inferior parietal lobule; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BOLD SIGNAL; CONFLICT; CONNECTOME; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TELEVISION VIEWING; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84961282505     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23169     Document Type: Article

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