A process-specific functional dissociation of the amygdala in emotional memory

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1359-1367

  Sergerie, Karine ^a,b   Lepage, Martin ^a   Armony, Jorge L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33748746580     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.8.1359     Document Type: Article

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