Threat perception and targeting: The brainstem-amygdala-cortex alarm system in action?

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1039-1064

  Csathó, Árpád ^a   Tey, Frederick ^a   Davis, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action; Amygdala; Brainstem; Emotion; Fitts law; Superior colliculus; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549083291     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290801996360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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