Neurons in the monkey amygdala detect eye contact during naturalistic social interactions

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 2459-2464

  Mosher, Clayton P ^a   Zimmerman, Prisca E ^b   Gothard, Katalin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FACE; HAPLORHINI; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FACE; HAPLORHINI; NEURONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84908326587     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.063     Document Type: Article

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