The human amygdala is sensitive to the valence of pictures and sounds irrespective of arousal: an fMRI study.

With the advent of studies showing that amygdala responses are not limited to fear-related or highly unpleasant stimuli, studies began to focus on stimulus valence and stimulus-related arousal as predictors of amygdala activity. Recent studies in the chemosensory domain found amygdala activity to in...

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Main Authors: Anders, S, Eippert, F, Weiskopf, N, Veit, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008