Control your anger! The neural basis of aggression regulation in response to negative social feedback

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 712-720

  Achterberg, Michelle ^a   van Duijvenvoorde, Anna C K ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   Crone, Eveline A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Social acceptance; Social evaluation; Social rejection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SELF CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEER GROUP; SELF-CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017093078     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv154     Document Type: Article

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