Amygdala response to faces parallels social behavior in Williams syndrome

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-285

  Paul, Brianna M ^a   Snyder, Abraham Z ^b,c   Haist, Frank ^d   Raichle, Marcus E ^b,c,e   Bellugi, Ursula ^f   Stiles, Joan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Face processing; fMRI; Social cognition; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449108141     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp023     Document Type: Article

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