The human amygdala and emotion

Neuroscientist

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-137

  Adolphs, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Fear

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

EID: 0032941365     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849900500216     Document Type: Review

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