Human Amygdala Responsivity to Masked Fearful Eye Whites
Dartmouth College · Tufts University · +2 more institutions
Abstract
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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Authors
11- PJPaul J. WhalenCorresponding
Dartmouth College, Tufts University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard University
- JKJerome Kagan
Dartmouth College, Tufts University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard University
- RGRobert G. Cook
Dartmouth College, Tufts University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard University
- FCF. Caroline Davis
Dartmouth College, Tufts University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard University
- HKHackjin Kim
Dartmouth College, Tufts University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard University
Topics & keywords
- Amygdala
- Masking (illustration)
- Psychology
- Responsivity
- Eye movement
- Cognitive psychology
- Backward masking
- Neuroscience
- Reduced inequalities