The effect of unilateral amygdala removals on detecting fear from briefly presented backward-masked faces

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-131

  Palermo, Romina ^a   Schmalzl, Laura ^a   Mohamed, Armin ^b,c   Bleasel, Andrew ^c,d   Miller, Laurie ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Facial expression; Fear; Temporal lobotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TIME;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951226722     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390902821724     Document Type: Article

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