Face value: Amygdala response reflects the validity of first impressions

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 734-741

  Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Moran, Joseph M ^b   Freeman, Jonathan B ^c   Whitfield Gabrieli, Susan ^b   Gabrieli, John D E ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Face perception; First impressions; Leadership; Nonverbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957970105     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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