The role of human basolateral amygdala in ambiguous social threat perception

Cortex

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-34

  De Gelder, Beatrice ^a,b,c   Terburg, David ^d,e   Morgan, Barak ^e   Hortensius, Ruud ^b   Stein, Dan J ^e   van Honk, Jack ^d,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Basolateral amygdala; Body emotion expressions; Emotion; Urbach Wiethe disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOID PROTEINOSIS; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; THREAT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AMYGDALA; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BODY EMOTION EXPRESSIONS; EMOTION; URBACH-WIETHE DISEASE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893456649     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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