Human amygdala responsivity to masked fearful eye whites.

Whalen, Paul J; Kagan, Jerome; Cook, Robert G; Davis, F Caroline; Kim, Hackjin; Polis, Sara; McLaren, Donald G; Somerville, Leah H et al. · Science · 2004

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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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