The role of the amygdala in facial emotional expression during a discrimination task

Psicothema

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-29

  Carvajal, Fernando ^a   Rubio, Sandra ^a   Martín, Pilar ^a   Amarante, Clara ^a   García Sola, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846644974     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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