Coarse threat images reveal theta oscillations in the amygdala: A magnetoencephalography study

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Maratos, Frances A ^a   Mogg, Karin ^b   Bradley, Brendan P ^b   Rippon, Gina ^c   Senior, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649545100     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.9.2.133     Document Type: Article

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