Facial Emotion Recognition after Bilateral Amygdala Damage: Differentially Severe Impairment of Fear

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 699-745

  Calder, Andrew J ^a   Young, Andrew W ^a   Rowland, Duncan ^b   Perrett, David I ^b   Hodges, John R ^c   Etcoff, Nancy L ^d  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0000170360     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432996381890     Document Type: Article

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