Unconscious processing of negative animals and objects: role of the amygdala revealed by fMRI

Previous studies have shown that emotional stimuli can be processed through the amygdala without conscious awareness. The amygdala is also involved in processing animate and social information. However, it is unclear whether different categories of pictures (e.g., animals, objects) elicit different...

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Main Authors: zhiyong eFang, Han eLi, Gang eChen, Jiongjiong eYang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00146/full