The role of the amygdala in visual awareness

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 190-192

  Duncan, Seth ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VISUALIZATION;

AMYGDALA; NEUROANATOMICAL CONNECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AWARENESS; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMYGDALA; AWARENESS; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247518599     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.01.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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