The left amygdala knows fear: Laterality in the amygdala response to fearful eyes

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-54

  Hardee, Jillian E ^a,b   Thompson, J C James C ^a,b,c   Puce, Aina ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Eye gaze; Fear; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THREAT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44849105857     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsn001     Document Type: Article

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