Automatic emotion processing as a function of trait emotional awareness: An fMRI study

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 680-689

  Lichev, Vladimir ^a   Sacher, Julia ^a,b   Ihme, Klas ^a   Rosenberg, Nicole ^a   Quirin, Markus ^c   Lepsien, Jöran ^b   Pampel, André ^b   Rufer, Michael ^d   Grabe, Hans Jörgen ^e,f   Kugel, Harald ^g   Kersting, Anette ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a,b   Lane, Richard D ^h   Suslow, Thomas ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f HELIOS Hospital   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic emotion processing; Emotional awareness; Implicit affect; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

AMYGDALA; ANGER; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964699010     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu104     Document Type: Article

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