Motivational salience: Amygdala tuning from traits, needs, values, and goals

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-59

  Cunningham, William A ^a   Brosch, Tobias ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; appraisal; emotion; fear; goals; motivation; perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856492248     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411430832     Document Type: Article

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