Nonlinear amygdala response to face trustworthiness: Contributions of high and low spatial frequency information

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-528

  Said, Christopher P ^a   Baron, Sean G ^a   Todorov, Alexander ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; MODULATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149093012     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21041     Document Type: Article

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