Human Amygdala Responsivity to Masked Fearful Eye Whites

The amygdala was more responsive to fearful (larger) eye whites than to happy (smaller) eye whites presented in a masking paradigm that mitigated subjects' awareness of their presence and aberrant nature. These data demonstrate that the amygdala is responsive to elements of biologically relevan...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2004-12, Vol.306 (5704), p.2061-2061
Hauptverfasser:	Whalen, Paul J, Kagan, Jerome, Cook, Robert G, Davis, F. Caroline, Kim, Hackjin, Polis, Sara, McLaren, Donald G, Somerville, Leah H, McLean, Ashly A, Maxwell, Jeffrey S, Johnstone, Tom
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Amygdala Amygdala (Brain) Amygdala - physiology Anatomical correlates of behavior Behavioral neuroscience Behavioral psychophysiology Biological and medical sciences Brain Brevia Emotions Face Facial Expression Facial expressions Fear Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender Differences Happiness Humans Information Processing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Neurology NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Pattern Recognition, Visual Perceptual Masking Physiological aspects Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Resistance (Psychology) Sclera Stimuli Whites
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Zusammenfassung:	The amygdala was more responsive to fearful (larger) eye whites than to happy (smaller) eye whites presented in a masking paradigm that mitigated subjects' awareness of their presence and aberrant nature. These data demonstrate that the amygdala is responsive to elements of biologically relevant configural stimuli.
ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.1103617