Human amygdala sensitivity to the pupil size of others

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2729-2734

  Demos, K E ^a,b   Kelley, W M ^a   Ryan, S L ^a   Davis, F C ^a   Whalen, P J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arousal; Attractiveness; fMRI; Pupil size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PUPIL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449098477     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn034     Document Type: Article

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