The human amygdala is necessary for developing and expressing normal interpersonal trust

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 602-611

  Koscik, Timothy R ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brain lesion; Decision making; Social cognition; Trust

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; GAME; INSULA; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BENEFICENCE; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 79952629571     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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