Amygdala reactivity to sad faces in preschool children: An early neural marker of persistent negative affect

Background: Elevated negative affect is a highly salient risk factor for later internalizing disorders. Very little is known about the early neurobiological correlates of negative affect and whether they associate with developmental changes in negative emotion. Such information may prove critical fo...

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Main Authors: Michael S. Gaffrey, Deanna M. Barch, Joan L. Luby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315300293