Processing of the Arousal of Subliminal and Supraliminal Emotional Stimuli by the Human Amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 10274-10282

  Gläscher, Jan ^a,b   Adolphs, Ralph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arousal; Backward masking; Emotion; Skin conductance; Subliminal; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TISSUE INJURY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0345687454     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-32-10274.2003     Document Type: Article

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