Threat, domain-specificity and the human amygdala

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2566-2572

  Yang, Jiongjiong ^a,b   Bellgowan, Patrick S F ^a,c   Martin, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Amygdala; Faces; FMRI; Object category

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPETITION DETECTION TASK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; WEAPON;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865550202     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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