Differential amygdala responses to happy and fearful facial expressions depend on selective attention

NeuroImage

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 417-425

  Williams, Mark A ^a   McGlone, Francis ^b   Abbott, David F ^c   Mattingley, Jason B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differential amygdala response; Facial expressions; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 16244416188     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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