Sensitivity to posed and genuine displays of happiness and sadness: A fMRI study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 531, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-154

  McLellan, T L ^a   Wilcke, J C ^a,b   Johnston, L ^a   Watts, R ^a   Miles, L K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain activity; Emotion; Emotion recognition; Facial expression; FMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SADNESS; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870446618     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.039     Document Type: Article

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