Selective processing of social stimuli in the superficial amygdala
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The human amygdala plays a pivotal role in the processing of socially significant information. Anatomical studies show that the human amygdala is not a single homogeneous structure but is composed of segregable subregions. These have recently been functionally delineated by using a combination of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and cytoarchitectonically defined probabilistic maps. However, the response characteristics and individual contribution of these subregions to the processing of social‐emotional stimuli are little understood. Here, we used this novel technique to segregate intra‐amygdalar responses to facial expressions and nonsocial control stimuli. We localized facial expression‐evoked signal changes bilaterally in the superficial amygdala, which suggests that this subregion selectively extracts the social value of incoming sensory information. Hum Brain Mapp, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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The superficial amygdala is the most conserved amygdala sub-region and is thought to be important for social communication via olfactory and social cues.
“The SFA is the most conserved amygdala sub-region and it is thought to play an important role in social communication via olfactory (Bzdok et al., 2013a) and social cues (Goossens et al., 2009, Bzdok et al., 2013a);”
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- Authors
- Goossens, L., Kukolja, J., Onur, O. A., Fink, G. R., Maier, W., Griez, E., Schruers, K., & Hurlemann, R.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Schruers, Koen
- Venue
- Human Brain Mapping
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-04-03
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3332-3338
- ISSN
- 1065-9471 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-0193
- PMC
- PMC6870612
- OpenAlex
- W2141857412
- Cited by
- 132
- References
- 46
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- FWCI
- 3.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Human Brain Mapping (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- superficial amygdala, amygdala subregions, social processing, facial expression recognition, functional localization
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Amygdala, Analysis of Variance, Brain Mapping, Emotions, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Oxygen, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Probability, Reaction Time, Young Adult
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