The amygdala is involved in affective priming effect for fearful faces

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Yang, J ^a   Cao, Z ^a   Xu, X ^a   Chen, G ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Amygdala; Emotional memory; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

AFFECT; AMYGDALA; AWARENESS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861219690     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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