Neural responses to facial expressions support the role of the amygdala in processing threat

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1684-1689

  Mattavelli, Giulia ^a,b   Sormaz, Mladen ^b   Flack, Tessa ^b   Asghar, Aziz U R ^b,c   Fan, Siyan ^b   Frey, Julia ^b   Manssuer, Luis ^b   Usten, Deniz ^b   Young, Andrew W ^b   Andrews, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Facial expressions

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924630088     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst162     Document Type: Article

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