Amygdala subregions differentially respond and rapidly adapt to threatening voices

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1394-1403

  Frühholz, Sascha ^a   Grandjean, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Prosody; Threat; Vocal expressions; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; RESPONSE TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREAT; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876732372     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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