Fear and happiness in the eyes: An intra-cerebral event-related potential study from the human amygdala

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-54

  Meletti, Stefano ^a   Cantalupo, Gaetano ^c   Benuzzi, Francesca ^a   Mai, Roberto ^b   Tassi, Laura ^b   Gasparini, Elisa ^a   Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^c   Nichelli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Eyes; Facial expression; Fear; Theta frequency

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; OSCILLATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EYE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84855740456     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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