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Effects of Attention and Emotion on Face Processing in the Human Brain
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We used event-related fMRI to assess whether brain responses to fearful versus neutral faces are modulated by spatial attention. Subjects performed a demanding matching task for pairs of stimuli at prespecified locations, in the presence of task-irrelevant stimuli at other locations. Faces or houses unpredictably appeared at the relevant or irrelevant locations, while the faces had either fearful or neutral expressions. Activation of fusiform gyri by faces was strongly affected by attentional condition, but the left amygdala response to fearful faces was not. Right fusiform activity was greater for fearful than neutral faces, independently of the attention effect on this region. These results reveal differential influences on face processing from attention and emotion, with the amygdala response to threat-related expressions unaffected by a manipulation of attention that strongly modulates the fusiform response to faces.
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“Numerous studies have demonstrated that this is also reflected in attentional control and suggested that neuronal activity associated with threat- or fear-related stimuli is obligatory (Pessoa, McKenna, Gutierrez, & Ungerleider, 2002; Vuilleumier, Armony, Driver, & Dolan, 2001; Whalen et al., 1998).”
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“In general emotional faces elicit enhanced response in limbic, frontal and visual cortical regions compared to neutral faces (e.g, Haxby et al., 2002;Ishai et al., 2004;Vuilleumier et al., 2001;2004, Winston et al., 2003)).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vuilleumier, P., Armony, J. L., Driver, J., & Dolan, R. J.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
- The Royal Free Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Vuilleumier, Patrik
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-05
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 829-841
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1974572323
- Cited by
- 1,664
- References
- 93
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- FWCI
- 20.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- Locations
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- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- face processing, spatial attention, emotions, fearful faces, fusiform gyrus, amygdala, threat detection, attentional modulation, facial expression perception, hemispheric lateralization
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Amygdala, Attention, Eye Movements, Facial Expression, Fear, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Temporal Lobe, Visual Cortex, Visual Perception, Parahippocampal Gyrus
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