Normal recognition of emotional similarity between facial expressions following bilateral amygdala damage

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1135-1141

  Hamann, Stephan B ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Expression; Facial emotion; Recognition; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION;

AGED; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; AMYGDALA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032767884     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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