Brain Imaging Investigation of the Impairing Effect of Emotion on CognitionGloria Wong 1,2, Sanda Dolcos 1,3, Ekaterina Denkova 1, Rajendra Morey 4,5,6, Lihong Wang 4,5, Gregory McCarthy 6,7, Florin Dolcos 1,2,3,8,9
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, 2Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, 3Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 4Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University , 5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University , 6Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, 7Department of Psychology, Yale University, 8Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, 9Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, University of Illinois
We present a protocol that allows investigation of the neural mechanisms mediating the detrimental impact of emotion on cognition, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. This protocol can be used with both healthy and clinical participants.
