Expression without recognition: Contributions of the Human Amygdala to Emotional Communication

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 106-111

  Anderson, Adam K ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034157478     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00224     Document Type: Article

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