Cerebral blood flow changes in limbic regions induced by unsolvable anagram tasks
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 February 1996
Frank Schneider, Raquel E. Gur, Abass Alavi, Martin E. P. Seligman, Lyn Harper Mozley, Robin J. Smith
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A limbic network integrating negative emotion and cognition seems reflected in reciprocal diencephalic and limbic activation with solvable and unsolvable anagrams, which may provide an initial step toward clarifying its neural substrate.
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A limbic network integrating negative emotion and cognition seems reflected in reciprocal diencephalic and limbic activation with solvable and unsolvable anagrams. Since unsolvable anagrams have been used to induce learned helplessness in humans, this finding may provide an initial step toward clarifying its neural substrate.
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