Amygdala activation during masked presentation of emotional faces predicts conscious detection of threat-related faces.

@article{citeulike:831527, abstract = {It has been argued that critical functions of the human amygdala are to modulate the moment-to-moment vigilance level and to enhance the processing and the consolidation of memories of emotionally arousing material. In this functional magnetic resonance study, pictures of human faces bearing fearful, angry, and happy expressions were presented to nine healthy volunteers using a backward masking procedure based on neutral facial expression. Activation of the left and right amygdala in response to the masked fearful faces (compared to neutral faces) was significantly correlated with the number of fearful faces detected. In addition, right but not left amygdala activation in response to the masked angry faces was significantly related to the number of angry faces detected. The present findings underscore the role of the amygdala in the detection and consolidation of memory for marginally perceptible threatening facial expression.}, author = {Suslow, Thomas and Ohrmann, Patricia and Bauer, Jochen and Rauch, Astrid V. and Schwindt, Wolfram and Arolt, Volker and Heindel, Walter and Kugel, Harald }, citeulike-article-id = {831527}, doi = {10.1016/j.bandc.2006.01.005}, journal = {Brain and Cognition}, keywords = {amygdala, emotion, expression, face, fmri, masked}, month = {August}, number = {3}, pages = {243--248}, posted-at = {2007-05-16 12:07:01}, priority = {5}, title = {Amygdala activation during masked presentation of emotional faces predicts conscious detection of threat-related faces.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2006.01.005}, volume = {61}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:831527 L3 - citeulike-article-id:831527 TI - Amygdala activation during masked presentation of emotional faces predicts conscious detection of threat-related faces. JF - Brain and Cognition VL - 61 IS - 3 SP - 243 EP - 248 N2 - It has been argued that critical functions of the human amygdala are to modulate the moment-to-moment vigilance level and to enhance the processing and the consolidation of memories of emotionally arousing material. In this functional magnetic resonance study, pictures of human faces bearing fearful, angry, and happy expressions were presented to nine healthy volunteers using a backward masking procedure based on neutral facial expression. Activation of the left and right amygdala in response to the masked fearful faces (compared to neutral faces) was significantly correlated with the number of fearful faces detected. In addition, right but not left amygdala activation in response to the masked angry faces was significantly related to the number of angry faces detected. The present findings underscore the role of the amygdala in the detection and consolidation of memory for marginally perceptible threatening facial expression. KW - amygdala KW - emotion KW - expression KW - face KW - fmri KW - masked AU - Suslow, Thomas AU - Ohrmann, Patricia AU - Bauer, Jochen AU - Rauch, Astrid AU - Schwindt, Wolfram AU - Arolt, Volker AU - Heindel, Walter AU - Kugel, Harald PY - 2006/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2006.01.005 ER -