Behind the mask: The influence of mask-type on amygdala response to fearful faces

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-368

  Justin Kim, M ^a   Loucks, Rebecca A ^a   Neta, Maital ^a   Caroline Davis, F ^a   Oler, Jonathan A ^b   Mazzulla, Emily C ^c   Whalen, Paul J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Backward masking; Face; Fear; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650604598     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq014     Document Type: Article

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