Rethinking the Use of Neutral Faces as a Baseline in fMRI Neuroimaging Studies of Axis-I Psychiatric Disorders

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 281-291

  Filkowski, Megan M ^a   Haas, Brian W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

ambiguous stimuli; face perception; fMRI; psychopathology

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FACE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84997403742     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12403     Document Type: Article

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