Is the human amygdala critical for the subjective experience of emotion? Evidence of intact dispositional affect in patients with amygdala lesions

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 709-720

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036646196     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/08989290260138618     Document Type: Article

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