Impaired judgments of sadness but not happiness following bilateral amygdala damage

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 453-462

  Adolphs, Ralph ^a,b   Tranel, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACE; FEAR; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 1642276565     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892904322926782     Document Type: Article

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