Engagement of amygdala in third-person view of face-to-face interaction

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1753-1762

  Kujala, Miiamaaria V ^a   Carlson, Synnöve ^a,b   Hari, Riitta ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Body; FMRI; Human; Social interaction; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CUNEUS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GAZE; GESTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862227513     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21317     Document Type: Article

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