Amygdala responses to averted vs direct gaze fear vary as a function of presentation speed

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 568-577

  Adams, Reginald B ^a   Franklin, Robert G ^a   Kveraga, Kestutis ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^c   Kleck, Robert E ^d   Whalen, Paul J ^d   Hadjikhani, Nouchine ^b,e   Nelson, Anthony J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Eye gaze; Fear expression; fMRI; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EMOTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; ESCAPE REACTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863530878     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr038     Document Type: Article

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