A developmental examination of amygdala response to facial expressions

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1565-1582

  Guyer, Amanda E ^a,e   Monk, Christopher S ^b   McClure Tone, Erin B ^c   Nelson, Eric E ^a   Roberson Nay, Roxann ^d   Adler, Abby D ^a   Fromm, Stephen J ^a   Leibenluft, Ellen ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Ernst, Monique ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 50649121042     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20114     Document Type: Article

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