A role for the superior colliculus in the modulation of threat responsiveness in primates: Toward the ontogenesis of the social brain

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 697-706

  Maior, Rafael S ^a   Hori, Etsuro ^b   Uribe, Carlos E ^a   Saletti, Patricia G ^a   Ono, Taketoshi ^b   Nishijo, Hisao ^b   Tomaz, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Faces; Primates; Snakes; Social cognition; Superior colliculus; Threat recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEBUS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FACE; HUMAN; INFANCY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SNAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BRAIN; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PRIMATES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 84869470460     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2012-0055     Document Type: Article

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