What lies beneath the face of aggression?

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-229

  Carré, Justin M ^a,b   Murphy, Kelly R ^a   Hariri, Ahmad R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amygdala reactivity; Facial width to height ratio; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANGER; ANTHROPOMETRY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876880590     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr096     Document Type: Article

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