Dynamic neural processing of linguistic cues related to death.

Behavioral studies suggest that humans evolve the capacity to cope with anxiety induced by the awareness of death's inevitability. However, the neurocognitive processes that underlie online death-related thoughts remain unclear. Our recent functional MRI study found that the processing of lingu...

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Main Authors: Xi Liu, Zhenhao Shi, Yina Ma, Jungang Qin, Shihui Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3695929?pdf=render