Fear recognition deficits after focal brain damage: A cautionary note

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 575-581

  Rapcsak, Steven Z ^a,b,c   Galper, S R ^b   Comer, J F ^a   Reminger, S L ^c   Nielsen, L ^c   Kaszniak, A W ^b,c   Verfaellie, M ^a   Laguna, J F ^b   Labiner, D M ^b   Cohen, R A ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Facial emotion recognition; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0034620530     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.3.575     Document Type: Article

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