Can theories of visual representation help to explain asymmetries in amygdala function?

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-224

  McMenamin, Brenton W ^a   Marsolek, Chad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Hemisphere; Laterality; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMOTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISUAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84880666998     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0139-1     Document Type: Article

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