Expression Without Recognition: Contributions of the Human Amygdala to Emotional Communication
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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.
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Patients with amygdala damage can recognise faces and generate a normal range of facial expressions.
“Patients with amygdala damage can recognise faces and generate a normal range of facial expressions (Anderson and Phelps, 2000).”
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- Authors
- Anderson, A. K., & Phelps, E. A.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Anderson, Adam K.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 106-111
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2063474774
- Cited by
- 175
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 5.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (50812)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- amygdala, emotional expression, emotional communication, emotional facial expressions, fear, social communication, emotional appraisal, neural dissociation, emotion production
- MeSH terms
- Amygdala, Brain Damage, Chronic, Dominance, Cerebral, Emotions, Facial Expression, Fear, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Nonverbal Communication, Social Behavior, Social Perception
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