The role of the amygdala in face perception and evaluation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-26

  Todorov, Alexander ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Face evaluation; Face perception; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857802227     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9238-5     Document Type: Article

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