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Amygdala Reactivity

Amygdala Reactivity is a neurobiological construct that refers to the magnitude of activation in the amygdala, a key subcortical structure involved in emotion processing, in response to emotionally salient stimuli, particularly those related to threat or fear, within the context of individual differences in behavioral inhibition.

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Impaired recognition of emotion in facial expressions following bilateral damage to the human amygdala

Ralph Adolphs, Daniel Tranel, H. Damasio et al. · Nature · 1994 · 2.4K citations

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Masked Presentations of Emotional Facial Expressions Modulate Amygdala Activity without Explicit Knowledge

Paul J. Whalen, Scott L. Rauch, Nancy L. Etcoff et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1998 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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A differential neural response in the human amygdala to fearful and happy facial expressions

J. S. Morris, Chris Frith, David I. Perrett et al. · Nature · 1996 · 2K citations · Full text

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Response and Habituation of the Human Amygdala during Visual Processing of Facial Expression

Nancy L. Etcoff, Paul J. Whalen, William A. Kennedy et al. · Neuron · 1996 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans

Peter Kirsch, Christine Esslinger, Qiang Chen et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2005 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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    Ahmad R. Hariri

    Duke University, United States

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    K. Luan Phan

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

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    Paul J. Whalen

    Dartmouth College, United States

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    Scott L. Rauch

    Harvard University, United States

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    Harald Kugel

    University of Münster, Germany

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  1. Harvard University

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  4. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

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