General and specific responsiveness of the amygdala during explicit emotion recognition in females and males

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The ability to recognize emotions in facial expressions relies on an extensive neural network with the amygdala as the key node as has typically been demonstrated for the processing of fearful stimuli. A sufficient characterization o...

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Main Authors: Windischberger Christian, Habel Ute, Derntl Birgit, Robinson Simon, Kryspin-Exner Ilse, Gur Ruben C, Moser Ewald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/10/91