Sensory Systems | Cognitive Neuroscience
Advantage of fearful faces in breaking interocular suppression is preserved after amygdala lesions
Eunice Yang*, Maureen McHugo, Mildred Dukic, Randolph Blake, David Zald
*Corresponding author: Eunice Yang
Depatment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, South
F1000Posters 2012, 3: 731 (poster) [English]
Poster [1.34 MB]
Presented at
Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2012,
11 - 16 May 2012, 36.428
We asked whether an intact amygdala is necessary for the enhanced perception of fear-related stimuli using continuous flash suppression (CFS).
Similar to healthy observers, patients with left or right amygdala lesions exhibited faster detection of fearful faces under CFS in comparison to other expressions, replicating previous findings (1).
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No relevant competing interests disclosed.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), R01 MH074567
National Institutes of Health (NIH), P30-EY008126
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 5T32 EY007135
National Research Foundation of Korea, R32-10142
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