Effects of spatial frequency and location of fearful faces on human amygdala activity

Brain Research

Volumn 1371, Issue , 2011, Pages 87-99

  Morawetz, Carmen ^a,b,c   Baudewig, Juergen ^a,c   Treue, Stefan ^b,d   Dechent, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Human brain; Magnocellular pathway; Parvocellular pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651360114     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.110     Document Type: Article

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