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11273416

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
A growing body of evidence from humans and other animals suggests the amygdala may be a critical neural substrate for emotional processing. In particular, recent studies have shown that damage to the human amygdala impairs the normal appraisal of social signals of emotion, primarily those of fear. However, effective social communication depends on both the ability to receive (emotional appraisal) and the ability to send (emotional expression) signals of emotional state. Although the role of the amygdala in the appraisal of emotion is well established, its importance for the production of emotional expressions is unknown. We report a case study of a patient with bilateral amygdaloid damage who, despite a severe deficit in interpreting facial expressions of emotion including fear, exhibits an intact ability to express this and other basic emotions. This dissociation suggests that a single neural module does not support all aspects of the social communication of emotional state.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0956-7976
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
106-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression without recognition: contributions of the human amygdala to emotional communication.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208205, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA. adam.k.anderson@yale.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports