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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14821 |