Facial expression processing after amygdalotomy

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-39

  Young, Andrew W ^a   Hellawell, Deborah J ^b   Van De Wal, Claudia ^c   Johnson, Michael ^d  

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

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdalotomy; Facial expression; Processing impairments; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030047828     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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