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The human amygdala parametrically encodes the intensity of specific facial emotions and their categorical ambiguity

Authors :
Shuo Wang
Rongjun Yu
J. Michael Tyszka
Shanshan Zhen
Christopher Kovach
Sai Sun
Yi Huang
Rene Hurlemann
Ian B. Ross
Jeffrey M. Chung
Adam N. Mamelak
Ralph Adolphs
Ueli Rutishauser
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

The amygdala processes emotional facial expressions, but its exact contributions are unclear. Wang.et al. use behavioural analysis of amygdala lesion patients, fMRI, and single-neuron recordings to show that both emotional intensity and ambiguity signals are processed in the human amygdala.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9b08386371a64ce1ba020420d0d7b5ca
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14821