de Gelder, B., Terburg, D., Morgan, B., Hortensius, R. , Stein, D.J. and van Honk, J. (2014) The role of human basolateral amygdala in ambiguous social threat perception. Cortex, 52, pp. 28-34. (doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.12.010) (PMID:24607266)
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Abstract
Previous studies have shown that the amygdala (AMG) plays a role in how affective signals are processed. Animal research has allowed this role to be better understood and has assigned to the basolateral amygdala (BLA) an important role in threat perception. Here we show that, when passively exposed to bodily threat signals during a facial expressions recognition task, humans with bilateral BLA damage but with a functional central-medial amygdala (CMA) have a profound deficit in ignoring task-irrelevant bodily threat signals.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hortensius, Dr Ruud |
| Authors: | de Gelder, B., Terburg, D., Morgan, B., Hortensius, R., Stein, D.J., and van Honk, J. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Journal Name: | Cortex |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0010-9452 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1973-8102 |
| Published Online: | 31 December 2013 |
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