Resisting emotional interference: Brain regions facilitating working memory performance during negative distraction
Anticevic A, Barch D, Repovs G. Resisting emotional interference: Brain regions facilitating working memory performance during negative distraction. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2010, 10: 159-173. PMID: 20498341, PMCID: PMC3856369, DOI: 10.3758/cabn.10.2.159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrefrontal cortical regionsNegative distractionPrefrontal regionsEmotional interferenceNeutral distractionIncorrect trialsCortical regionsPrefrontal cortexNegative emotional distractionActive cognitive engagementLateral prefrontal regionsVentrolateral prefrontal regionsFrontopolar prefrontal cortexSurvival-relevant informationParietal cortical regionsEmotional distractionWM performanceCognitive operationsAmygdala signalMemory performanceCognitive engagementIndividual differencesAmygdala activityActivation differencesMore deactivation