Effect of the observed pupil size on the amygdala of the beholders

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 332-341

  Amemiya, Shiori ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Biological relevance; FMRI; Pupil

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858683952     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr013     Document Type: Article

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