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December 16, 2004Science773 citations

Human Amygdala Responsivity to Masked Fearful Eye Whites

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PWPaul J. WhalenJKJerome KaganRCRobert G. Cook

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Abstract

The amygdala was more responsive to fearful (larger) eye whites than to happy (smaller) eye whites presented in a masking paradigm that mitigated subjects' awareness of their presence and aberrant nature. These data demonstrate that the amygdala is responsive to elements of.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20b21aac4c2e2edfeb8ba4https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1103617
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