Functional connectivity between amygdala and facial regions involved in recognition of facial threat

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-189

  Miyahara, Motohide ^a,b   Harada, Tokiko ^c   Ruffman, Ted ^b   Sadato, Norihiro ^a   Iidaka, Tetsuya ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Face recognition; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFFENDER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CRIMINALS; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876863393     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr085     Document Type: Article

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