An amygdala response to fearful faces with covered eyes

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2364-2370

  Asghar, Aziz U R ^a,b   Chiu, Yi Chieh ^b   Hallam, Glyn ^b   Liu, Siwei ^b   Mole, Hannah ^b   Wright, Hayley ^b   Young, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Facial expression; Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOUTH; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44649163848     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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