The amygdala and the experience of affect

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-83

  Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,b   Bliss Moreau, Eliza ^a   Duncan, Seth L ^a   Rauch, Scott L ^b   Wright, Christopher I ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AFFECT; AMYGDALA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 37349042447     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsl042     Document Type: Article

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