Children's processing of emotions expressed by peers and adults: An fMRI study

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-559

  Hoehl, Stefanie ^a,b   Brauer, Jens ^b   Brasse, Gabriele ^b   Striano, Tricia ^b,c   Friederici, Angela D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Child development; Emotion recognition; Facial expression; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149234531     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470911003708206     Document Type: Article

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