Preferential attention to animals and people is independent of the amygdala

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 371-380

  Wang, Shuo ^a   Tsuchiya, Naotsugu ^a,b,c   New, Joshua ^d   Hurlemann, Rene ^e   Adolphs, Ralph ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Attention; Change detection; Eye tracking

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOID PROTEINOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOID PROTEINOSIS OF URBACH AND WIETHE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84924548081     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu065     Document Type: Article

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