Cortical systems for the recognition of emotion in facial expressions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 7678-7687

  Adolphs, Ralph ^a,c   Damasio, Hanna ^a,b   Tranel, Daniel ^a   Damasio, Antonio R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

brain mapping; emotion; facial expression; fear; human; lesion method; right hemisphere; somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0029912648     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-23-07678.1996     Document Type: Article

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