The amygdala and development of social cognition: Theoretical comment on Bauman, Toscano, Mason, Lavenex, and Amaral (2006)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 989-991

  Bachevalier, Jocelyne ^a   Málková, Ludise ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Monkeys; Neurotoxic lesions; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MONKEY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747341836     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.4.989     Document Type: Review

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