Amygdala activity in response to forward versus backward dynamic facial expressions

Brain Research

Volumn 1315, Issue , 2010, Pages 92-99

  Sato, Wataru ^a   Kochiyama, Takanori ^b   Yoshikawa, Sakiko ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dynamic facial expression; Emotional intensity; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349090231     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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