Science · 2004 · 765 citations · 7 references
Life SciencesNeurosciencePsychologyAffective NeuroscienceBehavioral NeuroscienceSocial CognitionFacial ExpressionFear ResponsesVisual SystemAmygdala ProcessingAmygdala ReactivityFear ProcessingMasking
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.
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Distinct spatial frequency sensitivities for processing faces and emotional expressions
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Inversion Leads to Quantitative, Not Qualitative, Changes in Face Processing
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