Automaticity and the amygdala: Nonconscious responses to emotional faces

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 62-66

  Öhman, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Automaticity; Faces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036005339     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00169     Document Type: Article

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