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Published in final edited form as: J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2009 Aug 25;15(6):819–825. doi: 10.1017/S1355617709990439

Table 1.

Results of Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Aging and Emotion

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● Young > Older; ❍ Older > Young; ❖ Young = Older

Contrast: neg = negative, pos = positive, neut = neutral; h = happy, a = angry, s = sad, d = disgust, f = fear, afr = afraid

Behavior: Unless indicated the behavior results refer to subjective emotion ratings; RT = response time

Brain Regions: Frontal Cortex: Ant = anterior, Med = medial, DL = dorsolateral, VL = ventrolateral, Pos = posterior; Ins = Insula; PCC = posterior cingulate cortex; DPC = dorsal parietal cortex, VPC = ventral parietal cortex Amy = amygdala; HC = hippocampus, PHG = parahippocampal gyrus; Temp = temporal cortex; TO = temporal occipital cortex; Occ = occipital cortex; BG = basal ganglia; TH = thalamus; CB = cerebellum

Indicates Region of Interest Analysis