Face processing impairments after encephalitis: Amygdala damage and recognition of fear

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-70

  Broks, Paul ^a,b   Young, Andrew W ^c   Maratos, Elizabeth J ^a   Coffey, Peter J ^a   Calder, Andrew J ^d   Isaac, Claire L ^a   Mayes, Andrew R ^a   Hodges, John R ^d,e   Montaldi, Daniela ^f   Cezayirli, Enis ^g   Roberts, Neil ^g   Hadley, Donald ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^h SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Basic emotions; Fear; Hippocampus; Temporal lobes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031905465     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00105-X     Document Type: Article

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