Suppressing emotions impairs subsequent stroop performance and reduces prefrontal brain activation.

Abundant behavioral evidence suggests that the ability to self-control is limited, and that any exertion of self-control will increase the likelihood of subsequent self-control failures. Here we investigated the neural correlates underlying the aftereffects of self-control on future control processe...

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Main Authors: Malte Friese, Julia Binder, Roger Luechinger, Peter Boesiger, Björn Rasch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3614508?pdf=render