Dynamic stimuli demonstrate a categorical representation of facial expression in the amygdala

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-52

  Harris, Richard J ^a   Young, Andrew W ^a   Andrews, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Expression; Face; FMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; DISGUST; EMOTIONALITY; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EMOTION; EXPRESSION; FACE; FMRI;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892875980     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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