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

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.

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Main 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
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9b08386371a64ce1ba020420d0d7b5ca
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