The interaction between gaze and facial expression in the amygdala and extended amygdala is modulated by anxiety

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ewbank, Michael P ^a   Fox, Elaine ^b   Calder, Andrew J ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Emotion; Expression; Face processing; Fmri; Gaze

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PREDICTION; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79951899100     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00056     Document Type: Article

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