Robust learning of affective trait associations with faces when the hippocampus is damaged, but not when the amygdala and temporal pole are damaged

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-203

  Todorov, Alexander ^a   Olson, Ingrid R ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Amygdala; Face perception; Hippocampus; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE PROFILE; FACIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGING; AMNESIA; AMYGDALA; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52249123446     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsn013     Document Type: Article

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