Differentially tuned responses to restricted versus prolonged awareness of threat: A preliminary fMRI investigation

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-119

  Adams, Reginald B ^a   Franklin, Robert G ^a   Nelson, Anthony J ^a   Gordon, Heather L ^a   Kleck, Robert E ^b   Whalen, Paul J ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anger expression; Eye gaze; Fear expression; FMRI; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESCAPE REACTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051675325     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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