Negative emotion modulates prefrontal cortex activity during a working memory task: A NIRS study

This study investigated the neural processing underlying the cognitive control of emotions induced by the presentation of task-irrelevant emotional pictures before a working memory task. Previous studies have suggested that the cognitive control of emotion involves the prefrontal regions. Therefore,...

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Main Authors: Sachiyo eOzawa, Goh eMatsuda, Kazuo eHiraki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00046/full